On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 08:26:03AM +0000, João Matos wrote: > Hello, > > Consider adding the option of running shell/console commands inside the > REPL. > Something like > >>>!dir
That's a pretty big change, arguably best left for a third-party REPL like iPython (which already supports "magic" commands using ! and ? syntax). It is hard to tell precisely where to draw the line between adding useful functionality to the standard Python interpreter, and where to leave it for "advanced" REPLs or IDEs like iPython. My personal opinion is that specifically supporting shell commands crosses that line, but adding a REPL hook for ! commands which the user can customise does not. Hypothetically speaking, the Python interactive interpreter, and *only* the interactive interpreter, might define hooks for lines starting with a leading ! or ? and users could define their own magic functions for those. Or one could use the code module to define your own custom REPL, and automatically run that on startup: https://docs.python.org/3/library/code.html Actually, adding a code.InteractiveConsole subclass with hooks for lines beginning with ! and ? might be a nice addition to the stdlib without adding complexity to the builtin interpreter. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
