Re: Suggestion for python.el and emacs.py

[Dave Love]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> I don't myself use Python, so I don't know what such a patch could break.
> Can someone who's used Python (and the new pyhton-mode) confirm that this
> change is a good idea?
>
>> I notice that CVS Emacs now has a python mode. Here is a small patch to
>> etc/emacs.py to make the Python shell display objects in a readable format
>> (i.e. not putting long lists into a single line but rather adding newlines
>> where appropriate).

Presumably Eldoc and completion will fail if the value is broken (in
which case I guess they should protect against that hook being used).
Anyhow, I don't think it's appropriate for Emacs to override the
user's Python startup like that.

Also it would be better to fix the bugs in python.el...