On 1/20/2012 3:04 PM, Dmitry Popov wrote:
If I run a script or a module as the main script using command Run Module (or F5) it looks like all the definitions of this script (variables, functions…) are available in the interactive interpreter which is active after the main script is executed. The problem is that I could not find any documentation where this is stated directly. Does anybody know clear confirmation that this is correct?
Idle is a bit underdocumented.
In other words the question is whether IDLE command Run Module (or F5) is equivalent to start of Python from command line using the following command: python –i filename.py?
Right, with the different that output from previous sessions is still available in the window.
This is important for me because I’m going to use many different starting definitions to work in the IDLE interactive interpreter.
The current behavior is not going to change. For me, this is a feature because I can interactively print values and call functions if there is a bug in my program. It can also be used to setup an interactive environment, which is what you seem to want to do.
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