JKPeck wrote: > The gettext module uses the convention of defining a function named > "_" that maps text into its translation. > This conflicts with the automatic interactive interpreter assignment > of expressions to a variable with that same name. > > While if you are careful, you can avoid that assignment while > debugging, and you can choose a different function for gettext, this > conflict is a nuisance. I am looking for a way to suppress the > expression assignment to _ or to change the name of the variable > assigned to. Is this possible? Using Python 2.6.
$ cat displayhook.py import sys import __builtin__ as builtin def displayhook(obj): if obj is not None: builtin._last_result = obj print repr(obj) sys.displayhook = displayhook $ python -i displayhook.py >>> 42 42 >>> _ Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name '_' is not defined >>> _last_result 42 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list