[Python-Dev] PYTHON3PATH (original) (raw)

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Wed Jan 13 23:24:13 CET 2010 

Lennart> What do you need to do in the PYTHONSTARTUP file?

Just reading off stuff from my own personal startup file... I use it for stuff I want available during interactive sessions:

1. Enable true division.

2. Conditionally define "help" from back in the days when there was no
   help builtin function.

3. Auto-save session (readline) history so I can easily recall commands
   across sessions.

4. Add other fake builtins ("like") or override behavior of some (like
   "dir") making them handier for interactive use.

5. autoload modules/symbols (pokes around in common modules from
   sys.excepthook function).

Oh, and I've had no particular trouble keeping it working in Python 1, 2 or 3.

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