[pypy-issue] Issue #2072: readline.parse_and_bind fails silently on 2.7 (pypy/pypy)

[lac]

New issue 2072: readline.parse_and_bind fails silently on 2.7
https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issue/2072/readlineparse_and_bind-fails-silently-on

lac:

In the command interpreter type:
import readline
readline.parse_and_bind('Control-tab: "import"')

Then type control-tab on the next line.  readline should insert import.  PyPy 2.7.9 (2.5.1+dfsg-1, Mar 27 2015, 19:45:43) doesn't.  

There is an alternative syntax.  
readline.parse_and_bind(r'"\C-\t": "import"')

This doesn't work either.  Note that CPython Python 2.7.9 (default, Mar  1 2015, 12:57:24)
has bugs over this also, but different ones.  
readline.parse_and_bind(r'"\C-\t": "import"') in CPython does nothing.
readline.parse_and_bind('Control-tab: "import"') works
but if you then do
readline.parse_and_bind('tab: "raise"')

both tab and control-tab will be set to insert "raise" by CPython.  There seems to be no way to bind control-tab and tab to different things in CPython.

This bug was discovered by Steve D'Aprano in CPython 2.7.  He will probably make a CPython bug report about it soon.