[Pythonmac-SIG] Gnu readlines?

[Just van Rossum]

Jack Jansen wrote:

> > I have always wanted the Python interpreter to behave a bit 
> > more like a shell, with a history and command-line editing, 
> > etc. I have always found the interpreter to be really 
> > unfriendly, which is a shame since Python invites you to fiddle 
> > about in the interpreter, yet the interpreter is so 
> > unforgiving. There is GNU readlines.
> 
> Last time I checked (which was many years ago, admittedly) GNU 
> Readline was very  unix-specific. It did all its magic with 
> funny stty settings. Plus: the functionality the SIOUX console 
> gives you isn't really good enoughb for readline (no cursor 
> movements, clear, etc). All in all it would be a major 
> undertaking.

And considering it won't be too long before MacPython gets absorbed completely
by MachoPython in OSX, there really really is hardly any point to it at this
time. A complete waste of time.

Just