From 69623e161b9b9dcbcc38add1ff479dfc1eedaadc 2016-09-18 20:58:18
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-09-18 20:58:18
Subject: [PATCH] Backport PR #9936: added namespace condition in IPcompleter

added

```
if self.use_main_ns:
           self.namespace = __main__.__dict__
```
in IPcompelter.py as suggested by Carreau sir,  in #9897

---

diff --git a/IPython/core/completer.py b/IPython/core/completer.py
index 87b13b1..f431146 100644
--- a/IPython/core/completer.py
+++ b/IPython/core/completer.py
@@ -1164,6 +1164,9 @@ class IPCompleter(Completer):
         if cursor_pos is None:
             cursor_pos = len(line_buffer) if text is None else len(text)
 
+        if self.use_main_ns:
+            self.namespace = __main__.__dict__
+
         if PY3:
 
             base_text = text if not line_buffer else line_buffer[:cursor_pos]