From 53320003433f3d9fdc47cd9eaedd2b9444ab86de 2016-08-05 08:10:56
From: Min RK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-08-05 08:10:56
Subject: [PATCH] Allow starting TerminalInteractiveShell more than once

1. always start with keep_running=True in `interact()`
2. don't close eventloop at end of mainloop (not sure this is the right thing to do)
---

diff --git a/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py
index 077d92c..ef8cd3f 100644
--- a/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ class TerminalInteractiveShell(InteractiveShell):
         if display_banner is not DISPLAY_BANNER_DEPRECATED:
             warn('interact `display_banner` argument is deprecated since IPython 5.0. Call `show_banner()` if needed.', DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
 
+        self.keep_running = True
         while self.keep_running:
             print(self.separate_in, end='')
 
@@ -440,9 +441,6 @@ class TerminalInteractiveShell(InteractiveShell):
                 break
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 print("\nKeyboardInterrupt escaped interact()\n")
-        
-        if hasattr(self, '_eventloop'):
-            self._eventloop.close()
 
     _inputhook = None
     def inputhook(self, context):