From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-08-28T07:05:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Readline and StringIO

Eero Saynatkari wrote:
> It is currently not possible to substitute $stdout or
> $stdin with a StringIO when using the Readline library
> ($stderr seems to be fine) due to a T_FILE check in
> readline.c.
> 
> Can someone come up with a reason why this might be
> required before I change it and submit a patch?
> 
> While I am at it, I suppose I will try to provide an
> additional method for getting the full line of input.

Um, I don't understand why you would want to do that.  You are talking 
about GNU readline, aren't you?  AFAIK this lib is for interactive 
editing input - something you cannot do with a StringIO anyway.  Did I 
miss something?

Kind regards

	robert