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I’ve been using ptpython for a while because of its autocompletions. Really excited for that to come to ipython, but from a quick comparison ptpython’s still seems a bit better. You get automatic dropdowns where you have to hit tab in ipython (though it does seem faster than it used to be), and ptpython favors autocompleting arguments in the function signature.

IPython is more robust in various ways than ptpython so I’d prefer to switch back but maybe it still needs a bit of improvement. Open to suggestions if there is configuration I’m missing.

Seems like a great release though with tons of code cleanup.



Yeah, mostly I lack time to catch up with Jonathan Slenders works, and have stronger backward compatibility requirements. b=But ptpython and pyipython are both great.

I should also look into Rich and Textual

https://bpython-interpreter.org/ is also another alternative python shell, and of course https://xon.sh




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