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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2014-03-09 16:03:30 (GMT)
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whatsnew: sys.__interactivehook__. (#5845)
I decided to leave the (slightly expanded) Other Improvements entry as well, since someone looking for command line behavior changes isn't going to look in the 'sys' module section.
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@@ -123,9 +123,13 @@ On systems that support :mod:`readline`, this module will also import and
configure the :mod:`rlcompleter` module, if Python is started in
:ref:`interactive mode <tut-interactive>` and without the :option:`-S` option.
The default behavior is enable tab-completion and to use
-:file:`~/.python_history` as the history save file. To disable it, override
-the :data:`sys.__interactivehook__` attribute in your :mod:`sitecustomize`
-or :mod:`usercustomize` module or your :envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP` file.
+:file:`~/.python_history` as the history save file. To disable it, delete (or
+override) the :data:`sys.__interactivehook__` attribute in your
+:mod:`sitecustomize` or :mod:`usercustomize` module or your
+:envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP` file.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.4
+ Activation of rlcompleter and history was made automatic.
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