string module

[holger krekel]

Fernando P?rez wrote:
> holger krekel wrote:
> 
> >> > My current development version (requires readline :-) is here:
> >> > 
> >> >      http://home.trillke.net/~hpk/rlcompleter2.py
> >> > 
> >> > just import it on a pure python installation (with readline available)
> >> > and play around :-)
> >> 
> >> Wow, that's a peice of work!
> > 
> > thanks! it's even better if you apply the one-liner readline-patch 558432 on
> > sourceforge :-)
> 
> By the way Holger, have you submitted this patch to the main python-dev 
> people? 

the given number *is* the patch number on sourceforge. I don't know whether
i should assign it to somebody or just wait? 

> I _hate_ the normal readline behavior which forces me to backspace 
> every time, I just didn't know fixing it was this simple. 

I don't think that *anybody* loves this 'space'. 
It also contradicts the coding-style as described in PEP 8.

> But C things that don't become part of the standard distro get ignored by 99% of people, since 
> that is the 99% which doesn't build its own python. For pure python modules 
> it's easier to distribute a replacement, but sine this is a C patch I hope it 
> becomes part of the standard distribution.

hope so too.
 
> I'll test the rlcompleter2/ipython merge as soon as I can.

We probably have to discuss the filename-completion thingie a bit...

cheers,

	holger