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-rw-r--r--Modules/readline.c23
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 37baf87..50ceef4 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -32,6 +32,28 @@
#endif
+/* Exported function to get a line from the user */
+
+static PyObject *
+py_readline(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ char *s = NULL;
+ char *line = NULL;
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|s:readline", &s))
+ return NULL;
+ line = readline(s);
+ if (line == NULL) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError, "End of file on input");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return PyString_FromString(line);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_py_readline,
+"readline([prompt]) -> line\n\
+Prompt for and read a line of text. Raise EOFError on EOF.");
+
+
/* Exported function to send one line to readline's init file parser */
static PyObject *
@@ -468,6 +490,7 @@ contents of the line buffer.");
static struct PyMethodDef readline_methods[] =
{
+ {"readline", py_readline, METH_VARARGS, doc_py_readline},
{"parse_and_bind", parse_and_bind, METH_VARARGS, doc_parse_and_bind},
{"get_line_buffer", get_line_buffer, METH_NOARGS, doc_get_line_buffer},
{"insert_text", insert_text, METH_VARARGS, doc_insert_text},