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Issue #25564: Mention exec and __builtins__ in IDLE-console difference section.

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Terry Jan Reedy 2016-08-25 01:22:30 -04:00
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@ -562,11 +562,13 @@ objects that get input from and send output to the Shell window.
When this window has the focus, it controls the keyboard and screen.
This is normally transparent, but functions that directly access the keyboard
and screen will not work. If ``sys`` is reset with ``importlib.reload(sys)``,
IDLE's changes are lost and things li ke ``input``, ``raw_input``, and
IDLE's changes are lost and things like ``input``, ``raw_input``, and
``print`` will not work correctly.
With IDLE's Shell, one enters, edits, and recalls complete statements.
Some consoles only work with a single physical line at a time.
Some consoles only work with a single physical line at a time. IDLE uses
``exec`` to run each statement. As a result, ``'__builtins__'`` is always
defined for each statement.
Running without a subprocess
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^