Kurt B. Kaiser added the comment: I disagree. It's a major feature of the revised IDLE that code is run in a fresh environment every time. New users will only be 'surprised' once, if at all. They will learn to put the creation of the objects, etc. that they want to retain into the top level module they are running. Getting into a discussion of whether to start fresh or not, and why, adds more confusion than it eliminates, particularly for beginners. Also, should this be implemented, if someone were to accidentally make the wrong choice they are going to be *really* aggravated!
I would accept a patch for a hidden switch to enable this behavior for the unique application in question. Maybe even better, a patch for a normally disabled extension to add the functionality and menu entries. Running w/o the subprocess is for 'experts'. It was rather surprising we were able to continue to do it. ---------- severity: normal -> minor __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2049> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
