[issue16959] rlcompleter doesn't work if __main__ can't be imported

Irit Katriel added the comment: Since this is not currently a problem for you, and nobody else reported it since 2013, I’ll close the issue and if anyone runs into it again we can investigate on current python/app engine versions. -- resolution: -> third party stage: -> resolved

[issue16959] rlcompleter doesn't work if __main__ can't be imported

Aaron Meurer added the comment: A quick glance at the source shows that it still imports __main__ at the top-level. I have no idea how legitimate it is that the App Engine (used to?) makes it so that __main__ can't be imported. -- nosy: +asmeurer

[issue16959] rlcompleter doesn't work if __main__ can't be imported

Irit Katriel added the comment: Your traceback indicates you had this problem on Python 2.7. Are you still seeing it on a current version? -- nosy: +iritkatriel ___ Python tracker

[issue16959] rlcompleter doesn't work if __main__ can't be imported

New submission from Aaron Meurer: The rlcompleter module does not work if __main__ cannot be imported, even though it can be used without it. For example, on the App Engine, __main__ is not usable. If one creates the example app described at

[issue16959] rlcompleter doesn't work if __main__ can't be imported

Aaron Meurer added the comment: For completion, here's the corresponding App Engine issue I opened: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=8665. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16959