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changeset 99860:9a2c891a4333 2.7

#25991: fix readline example to limit history size. Patch by Daniel Dye. [#25991]

Ezio Melotti ezio.melotti@gmail.com
date	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 23:30:15 +0200
parents	609226a23086
children	268d13c7e939 c6b5c03183e3
files	Doc/library/readline.rst
diffstat	1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/readline.rst 3

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--- a/Doc/library/readline.rst +++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst @@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ normally be executed automatically durin histfile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".pyhist") try: readline.read_history_file(histfile)

  # default history len is -1 (infinite), which may grow unruly[](#l1.7)

```
  readline.set_history_length(1000)[](#l1.8)
```
except IOError: pass import atexit @@ -244,5 +246,6 @@ support history save/restore. :: atexit.register(self.save_history, histfile)

def save_history(self, histfile):

      readline.set_history_length(1000)[](#l1.16)
      readline.write_history_file(histfile)[](#l1.17)