Martin Panter added the comment: I think the difference between Python 2 and 3 here is that Python 2’s file objects, including sys.stdin, wrap C library FILE objects, which is supported by the Readline library. However Python 3 has its own kind of file objects, independent of standard C and Readline. Python 3 only uses Readline if sys.stdin corresponds to the original C stdin FILE object.
Perhaps Python 3 could support Readline with other file objects (or at least file descriptors), but I think that would be a new feature. ---------- nosy: +martin.panter type: -> enhancement _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29396> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
