changeset:   91835:f0ab6f9f0603
branch:      2.7
parent:      91833:d422062d7d36
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
date:        Thu Jul 24 22:11:21 2014 +0200
files:       Modules/readline.c
description:
Issue #19884, readline: calling rl_variable_bind ("enable-meta-key", "off")
does crash on Mac OS X which uses libedit instead of readline.


diff -r d422062d7d36 -r f0ab6f9f0603 Modules/readline.c
--- a/Modules/readline.c	Thu Jul 24 19:15:00 2014 +0200
+++ b/Modules/readline.c	Thu Jul 24 22:11:21 2014 +0200
@@ -933,15 +933,19 @@
     begidx = PyInt_FromLong(0L);
     endidx = PyInt_FromLong(0L);
 
+#ifndef __APPLE__
     if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO)) {
         /* Issue #19884: stdout is no a terminal. Disable meta modifier
            keys to not write the ANSI sequence "\033[1034h" into stdout. On
            terminals supporting 8 bit characters like TERM=xterm-256color
            (which is now the default Fedora since Fedora 18), the meta key is
            used to enable support of 8 bit characters (ANSI sequence
-           "\033[1034h"). */
+           "\033[1034h").
+
+           With libedit, this call makes readline() crash. */
         rl_variable_bind ("enable-meta-key", "off");
     }
+#endif
 
     /* Initialize (allows .inputrc to override)
      *