%doctest_mode works like the Python REPL (with '>>>' prompts and no pretty printing)
https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/magics.html#magic-doctest_mode On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > %edit -p > > > Bring up an editor and execute the resulting code. > > > -p: this will call the editor with the same data as the previous time it > was used, regardless of how long ago (in your current session) it was. > > https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/ > magics.html#magic-edit > > Something like this that calls $EDITOR with a temp file would be useful in > the Python REPL as well. > > On Wednesday, August 22, 2018, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > >> 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/ >> >
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