1 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_pyrepl.py b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_pyrepl.py
index 84030e0..e816de3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_pyrepl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_pyrepl.py
@@ -1217,11 +1217,33 @@ class TestMain(TestCase):
         cmdline_args: list[str] | None = None,
         cwd: str | None = None,
     ) -> tuple[str, int]:
+        temp_dir = None
+        if cwd is None:
+            temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(ignore_cleanup_errors=True)
+            cwd = temp_dir.name
+        try:
+            return self._run_repl(
+                repl_input, env=env, cmdline_args=cmdline_args, cwd=cwd
+            )
+        finally:
+            if temp_dir is not None:
+                temp_dir.cleanup()
+
+    def _run_repl(
+        self,
+        repl_input: str | list[str],
+        *,
+        env: dict | None,
+        cmdline_args: list[str] | None,
+        cwd: str,
+    ) -> tuple[str, int]:
         assert pty
         master_fd, slave_fd = pty.openpty()
         cmd = [sys.executable, "-i", "-u"]
         if env is None:
             cmd.append("-I")
+        elif "PYTHON_HISTORY" not in env:
+            env["PYTHON_HISTORY"] = os.path.join(cwd, ".regrtest_history")
         if cmdline_args is not None:
             cmd.extend(cmdline_args)
         process = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -1260,3 +1282,26 @@ class TestMain(TestCase):
             process.kill()
             exit_code = process.wait()
         return "".join(output), exit_code
+
+    def test_readline_history_file(self):
+        # skip, if readline module is not available
+        readline = import_module('readline')
+        if readline.backend != "editline":
+            self.skipTest("GNU readline is not affected by this issue")
+
+        hfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+        self.addCleanup(unlink, hfile.name)
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["PYTHON_HISTORY"] = hfile.name
+
+        env["PYTHON_BASIC_REPL"] = "1"
+        output, exit_code = self.run_repl("spam \nexit()\n", env=env)
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
+        self.assertIn("spam ", output)
+        self.assertNotEqual(pathlib.Path(hfile.name).stat().st_size, 0)
+        self.assertIn("spam\\040", pathlib.Path(hfile.name).read_text())
+
+        env.pop("PYTHON_BASIC_REPL", None)
+        output, exit_code = self.run_repl("exit\n", env=env)
+        self.assertEqual(exit_code, 0)
+        self.assertNotIn("\\040", pathlib.Path(hfile.name).read_text())