[Idle-dev] idle development && run script

[Guido van Rossum]

> > I'm not sure what to do about your proposed patch, but I do want to
> > say that I am *against* saving without asking the user.
> 
> The solution is to save the original file in a .bak extension file. When
> idle closes restores the original file. Now, you work with the modified
> file but only saves if you want.

And what if IDLE crashes when you are running the program?  No good!

I would be ok with a mod that save the new contents in a .new
extension file and uses that.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)