On Sun, Jul 10, 2016, 5:08 AM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> > wrote: > >> Now even the basic IPython shell has autocomplete :-) > > > > Not all shells or editors are IPython, and not all abbreviations are bad. > > Would you rather print, or > > write_values_as_strings_to_the_predefined_standard_output_file? > > Also: Interesting that the IPython shell is "basic". I thought the > basic Python shell was the one you get when you type "python" with no > args. Idle or IPython or anything else is a layer on top of that. > It is. I meant the basic terminal version of IPython, rather than the QT or Jupyter version. IPython 5 switched from readline to prompt_toolkit, so it gained a few nice features. > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
