Supporting tab completion when using the REPL
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Description
Has there been any investigation done into whether/how to support niceties from the normal Python REPL like tab completion and command history?
I've tried using `import site; site.enablerlcompleter()` and `import rlcompleter; import readline; readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")` before calling `code.interact()`, but neither seem to be enough.
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Research direction
Start by locating the REPL entry point that calls code.interact and review how Python's readline and rlcompleter behavior applies there. Define the supported tab-completion and command-history behavior, then verify it in the shiv REPL with tests covering the agreed interaction.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100