[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

Change by Gregory P. Smith : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> commit review status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: New changeset fd053fdd39fbdf114b4218ea4309666bafa95788 by Gregory P. Smith in branch 'master': bpo-43172: readline now passes its tests when built against libedit (GH-24499) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fd053fdd39fbdf114b4218ea4309666bafa95788

[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

Change by Gregory P. Smith : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +23288 stage: needs patch -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24499 ___ Python tracker

[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: examining the behaviors being tested, it seems there are differences in 0 and 1 based indexing behaviors between libreadline and libedit. libedit frankly seems more consistent. but the Python readline module docs document the 0 and 1 based quirks as part

[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: https://github.com/python/buildmaster-config/pull/229 tracks my buildbot config update -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

Gregory P. Smith added the comment: Motivation: I want to add --with-readline=edit to the configure flags of one of my buildbot configs via an edit to https://github.com/python/buildmaster-config/tree/master/master/custom -- ___ Python tracker

[issue43172] Fix test_readline when compiled using --with-readline=edit

New submission from Gregory P. Smith : https://bugs.python.org/issue13501 added configure --with-readline=edit support so that the readline module can build and link against libedit on any platform instead of only using libreadline. Building Python that way on Debian Linux and running