On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:38:57 -0700 Chris Barker via Python-ideas <python-ideas@python.org> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Jonathan Fine <jfine2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Maybe this is something Python's REPL should do? > > > > Good idea. > > > > I can't find (with very little effort) any documentation of this, but I > have a vague recollection that the core devs want to keep the built-in REPL > really simple -- more advanced features are for third party packages like > iPython. > > I tend to agree -- while something like this: "making the built-in repl > more friendly t copy-and-paste from examples" seems like a no brainer, the > fact is that there are a LOT of features that would make it easier for > newbies, and in the end, you'd end up with something like iPython. > > Honestly, Python does "suffer" a bit when in competition with commercial > products, in that it is a language (and an implementation of that > language), not an entire programming environment. So to use it, you need to > figure out which Editor or IDE you want to use, what debugger, etc..... > > And the REPL, while being pretty key to interactive data analysis, is not a > key feature of programming languages in general, even interpreted ones. > > So the solution is: use a third party solution for a complete environment > suitable for your needs. For instance, for people doing data analysis, I > recommend Anaconda -- then you get iPython and JUpyter (and Spyder) out of > the box -- and away we go. > > maybe it's worth a note t pyton-dev to confirm my vague impression (or some > more thorough googling for previous discussions) -- but I wouldn't put much > effort into ideas for the REPL without confirming that the core dev are > open to the concept.
To me it sounds fine to improve the REPL. Especially, being able to paste examples without effort was a sore point for me until I finally switched to IPython. How much complexity and development work that would entail I don't know, though :-) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
