Frak N added the comment: Excellent analysis guys! Thank you!
The -X faulthandler option didn't work. The -S -v, however, did. Finally, renaming and deleting the readline entries fixed it such that I can now launch the REPL. Question. What does " disables the site module" for the -S option mean? Now, what do I do about the (py)readline issue? Do I need to reinstall something? Logs below: c:\Python27>python Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:42:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. c:\Python27>python -X faulthandler -S -v -X is reserved for implementation-specific arguments usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... Try `python -h' for more information. c:\Python27>python -X -X is reserved for implementation-specific arguments usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... Try `python -h' for more information. c:\Python27>python -X -faulthandler -S -v -X is reserved for implementation-specific arguments usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ... Try `python -h' for more information. c:\Python27>python -S -v # installing zipimport hook import zipimport # builtin # installed zipimport hook Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:42:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 >>> ^Z # clear __builtin__._ # clear sys.path # clear sys.argv # clear sys.ps1 # clear sys.ps2 # clear sys.exitfunc # clear sys.exc_type # clear sys.exc_value # clear sys.exc_traceback # clear sys.last_type # clear sys.last_value # clear sys.last_traceback # clear sys.path_hooks # clear sys.path_importer_cache # clear sys.meta_path # clear sys.flags # clear sys.float_info # restore sys.stdin # restore sys.stdout # restore sys.stderr # cleanup __main__ # cleanup[1] zipimport # cleanup[1] signal # cleanup[1] exceptions # cleanup[1] _warnings # cleanup sys # cleanup __builtin__ # cleanup ints: 6 unfreed ints # cleanup floats c:\Python27>python Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:42:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. c:\Python27>ren C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\readline.py readline.py.bak c:\Python27>del C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\readline.pyc c:\Python27>python Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:42:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29525> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
