[issue17620] Python interactive console doesn't use sys.stdin for input

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

> Why does PyOS_Readline return *char, rather than Python string object?

For historical reasons and now for compatibility: we can't change the hook's signature without breaking obvious applications, obviously.
If necessary, we could add a new hook that would take precedence over the old one if defined. Feel free to post a patch for that.

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