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New REPL exposes its internal imports/definitions to top-level environment

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3.13 3.14 topic-repl type-bug
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Description

Bug report

Bug description:

Top-level scope now contains globals of _pyrepl.__main__:

Python 3.14.0a0 (heads/main:a895756aec, May 10 2024, 16:56:55) [GCC 10.2.1 20210110] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> dir()
['CAN_USE_PYREPL', '__annotations__', '__builtins__', '__cached__', '__doc__', '__file__',
'__loader__', '__name__', '__package__', '__spec__', 'interactive_console', 'os', 'sys']
CPython versions tested on:

3.13

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

Linked PRs
  • gh-119547
  • gh-120362
  • gh-120370
  • gh-120392
  • gh-120408
  • gh-120430
  • gh-121054
  • gh-121059

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Research direction

Start at the _pyrepl.main entry point and reproduce the reported dir() output in the new REPL. Investigate why internal imports and definitions appear in the top-level environment; done means those implementation names are no longer exposed while the REPL still works.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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