On Tuesday, May 15, 2012 01:23:27 PM Thomas Kluyver wrote: > This is deliberate - after discussion on the mailing list, we decided > that the feature was confusing for people learning programming, so it > was turned off by default. You can still enable it - search for autocall > in ~/.ipython/profile_default/ipython_config.py . If that file doesn't > exist, run "ipython profile create" in a terminal first. > > Note that you can get the docstring for any object in IPython with a > question mark: "time?" > > ** Changed in: ipython (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Opinion
Thank you for the speedy update. I missed the documentation on this change. My own opinion (since this has been changed to Opinion I'll air mine ;) is that "python" is for programming (since the behavior actually differs from the command line, and that "ipython" is for doing things that are programmy but need to be powerful and easy. ipython is the perfect shell for python hacks like me. I googled for this issue and was not able to find anything on the change, so perhaps something a little more public would be helpful. Heck, I wondered if Ubuntu hadn't swapped out the original ipython with one that was similar but different (a la GNU nc versus the original netcat). This is good information to know. Again, thanks for the speedy response. Matt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999666 Title: ipython no longer provides automatic parentheses To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipython/+bug/999666/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
