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Don't mention curses in the "Interactive Mode" docs #143048
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Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/appendix.html#interactive-mode
The second paragraph starts with:
On Windows, or Unix-like systems with curses support, a new interactive shell is used by default since Python 3.13.
No systems need "curses support" to run the REPL since GH-136758.
Explicit is better than implicit, but let's not talk curses this time.
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[-]Update the "Interactive Mode" documentation[/-][+]Don't mention curses in the "Interactive Mode" docs[/+]johnslavik commentedon Dec 21, 2025
@ZeroIntensity
topic-repl3.133.143.15StanFromIreland commentedon Dec 21, 2025
09dfb50 was not backported as far as 3.13?
johnslavik commentedon Dec 21, 2025
Fair! I overlooked, thanks a bunch.
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picnixz commentedon Jan 1, 2026
Thanks for the fix & report!
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