New REPL crashes on an empty DELETE_WORD_BACKWARDS (^W) followed by CLEAR_TO_START (^K)
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
If, in the REPL, you:
- Delete the current word, backward, on an empty line using Control-W, then
- Delete to the end of line, using Control-K
The REPL will crash with an exception in readline.
Note: ^ denotes pressing the Control or Command key when pressing the next character.
>>> ^W^KTraceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/__main__.py", line 6, in <module>
__pyrepl_interactive_console()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/main.py", line 59, in interactive_console
run_multiline_interactive_console(console)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/simple_interact.py", line 143, in run_multiline_interactive_console
statement = multiline_input(more_lines, ps1, ps2)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/readline.py", line 389, in multiline_input
return reader.readline()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/reader.py", line 802, in readline
self.handle1()
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/reader.py", line 785, in handle1
self.do_cmd(cmd)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/reader.py", line 710, in do_cmd
command.do()
~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/commands.py", line 157, in do
self.kill_range(r.pos, eol + 1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/_pyrepl/commands.py", line 71, in kill_range
r.kill_ring[-1] = r.kill_ring[-1] + text
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^
This exception is caused since kill_range is not called on an empty backward_kill_word, causing kill_ring to be empty: https://github.com/pypy/pyrepl/blob/ca192a80b76700118b9bfd261a3d098b92ccfc31/pyrepl/commands.py#L152-L156
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Linked PRs
- gh-131452
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Research direction
Start in pyrepl/commands.py around lines 152-156, where backward word deletion and kill_range are described. Reproduce the empty-line ^W followed by ^K sequence in the REPL and trace the kill-ring state. Done means the sequence no longer raises the reported readline exception; linked PR gh-131452 indicates work is already underway.
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- python
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- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100