Good question, Terry. I just installed Python 2.7.6 (Nov. 10, 2013), and there are two issues with its IDLE. I don't know whether you're referring to this IDLE or to an experimental version (and I've mislaid the instructions for how to get the experimental version).
The two issues in Python 2.7.6 in order of importance are these: (1) atexit isn't honored when I run from IDLE. I've copied Steve Spicklemire to ask him to comment on this issue, as it was he who last year had an exchange with the IDLE development community about this, and I think he said at the time that the bug was acknowledged, but I don't know where the bug is documented. Steve addressed this problem in VIDLE. (2) http://bugs.python.org/issue19042 -- this excellent proposal by you isn't in Python 2.7.6. The importance of issue (1) for us is that the big change in VPython last year, carried out by Steve and me, was to base VPython on wxPython. It was essential to use atexit to keep the VPython graphics window alive at the end of a user's program, but when running from IDLE somehow atexit doesn't function. Bruce On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 2/10/2014 10:12 PM, Bruce Sherwood wrote: > >> Yes, we're currently using VIDLE, but the differences between VIDLE and >> IDLE are not significant in the context of the criticisms of IDLE, and >> moreover, thanks to Terry's and other work, I'm hopeful that it will >> soon be possible to abandon VIDLE. >> > > What are the Vidle features not in Idle that you consider 'must-have' in > order to make the switch? If more than one, try giving them priorities. Are > feature requests already on the tracker? > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy > > > _______________________________________________ > IDLE-dev mailing list > IDLE-dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/idle-dev >
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