Python Interactive Shell

A Python Interactive Shell is a dynamic programming language shell that interacts with a Python interpreter.

• Example(s):
  • Standard Python Interactive Shell.
  • IPython Interactive Shell.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Perl Shell.
• See: Python Interpreter, REPL.

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References

2014

• http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/overview.html
  • One of Python’s most useful features is its interactive interpreter. It allows for very fast testing of ideas without the overhead of creating test files as is typical in most programming languages. However, the interpreter supplied with the standard Python distribution is somewhat limited for extended interactive use. ....

2012

• https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/interpreter.html#interactive-mode
  • When commands are read from a tty, the interpreter is said to be in interactive mode. In this mode it prompts for the next command with the primary prompt, usually three greater-than signs (>>>); for continuation lines it prompts with the secondary prompt, by default three dots (...). The interpreter prints a welcome message stating its version number and a copyright notice before printing the first prompt:...

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