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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libreadline.tex | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/readline.c | 21 |
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex b/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex index d428594..17b48c5 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex @@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ Save a readline history file. The default filename is \file{\~{}/.history}. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{clear_history}{} +Clear the current history. (Note: this function is not available if +the installed version of GNU readline doesn't support it.) +\versionadded{2.4} +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{get_history_length}{} Return the desired length of the history file. Negative values imply unlimited history file size. @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Core and builtins Extension modules ----------------- +- readline.clear_history was added. + - select.select() now accepts sequences for its first three arguments. - cStringIO now supports the f.closed attribute. diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c index 64935c6..5053d1c 100644 --- a/Modules/readline.c +++ b/Modules/readline.c @@ -412,6 +412,24 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_get_line_buffer, return the current contents of the line buffer."); +#ifdef HAVE_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER + +/* Exported function to clear the current history */ + +static PyObject * +py_clear_history(PyObject *self, PyObject *noarg) +{ + clear_history(); + Py_INCREF(Py_None); + return Py_None; +} + +PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_clear_history, +"clear_history() -> None\n\ +Clear the current readline history."); +#endif + + /* Exported function to insert text into the line buffer */ static PyObject * @@ -484,6 +502,9 @@ static struct PyMethodDef readline_methods[] = {"set_pre_input_hook", set_pre_input_hook, METH_VARARGS, doc_set_pre_input_hook}, #endif +#ifdef HAVE_RL_COMPLETION_APPEND_CHARACTER + {"clear_history", py_clear_history, METH_NOARGS, doc_clear_history}, +#endif {0, 0} }; |