On 31/10/2017 18:05, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: >> And sure, some of those are completly clueless about what a command line is >> and how to use it, but others DO have an idea about the command line, but >> dont know that: >> >>>>> pip install something >> File "<stdin>", line 1 >> pip install something >> ^ >> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >> >> means: "this was supposed to be run at the command prompt" >> >> So I think defining a "pip" builtin that simply gave a helpful message would >> be a good start. >> >> (hmm, it's a syntax error, so not as simple as a builtin -- but it could be >> caught somehow to give a better message) > > This sounds like the job for an enhanced REPL like Jupyter/ipython. In > fact, it might already exist - I haven't looked. > > ChrisA
Of course those in environments where they need to avoid the use of the shell could use ipython and simply start the session with: !pip install -U needed_package before doing any imports. -- Steve (Gadget) Barnes Any opinions in this message are my personal opinions and do not reflect those of my employer. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
