[Pythonmac-SIG] Mac User Python Newbies

[Michael Hudson]

Bob Ippolito <bob at redivi.com> writes:

> On Feb 15, 2005, at 5:48, Michael Hudson wrote:
> 
>> I don't know.  If I did know, I'd probably have done it.  It would
>> help if Apple shipped Python with readline support enabled, for
>> starters.
>
> I think it's a licensing issue, Apple is probably trying to save
> people (themselves?) from linking against GPL stuff without realizing
> the implications.

Probably yes.  But they ship bash with readline enabled... oh well,
I'm not masochistic enough to flog that particular horse.

> If Python could use BSD libedit instead of GNU readline,

I *think* there was a patch to do this, back in the mists of time.

> of if it just included PyRepl, it would not be a problem.

If PyRepl was fit for inclusion (sigh) that would indeed be nice :)

Cheers,
mwh

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