From a76179351bccc80fa7f19571bed0e340e05f7a08 2011-10-09 12:12:00
From: Christian Boos <cboos@bct-technology.com>
Date: 2011-10-09 12:12:00
Subject: [PATCH] inputhook: improve stdin_ready()
 - move select and msvcrt imports in the function itself
   as they're only needed there
 - switch on os.name for platform dependent code
 - for unknow platforms, assume there's something to read

---

diff --git a/IPython/lib/inputhook.py b/IPython/lib/inputhook.py
index 782b4de..655c1d0 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/inputhook.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/inputhook.py
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ import ctypes
 import os
 import sys
 import warnings
-if os.name == 'posix':
-    import select
-elif sys.platform == 'win32':
-    import msvcrt
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Constants
@@ -43,13 +39,16 @@ GUI_PYGLET = 'pyglet'
 
 def stdin_ready():
     if os.name == 'posix':
+        import select
         infds, outfds, erfds = select.select([sys.stdin],[],[],0)
         if infds:
             return True
         else:
             return False
-    elif sys.platform == 'win32':
+    elif os.name == 'nt':
+        import msvcrt
         return msvcrt.kbhit()
+    return True # assume there's something so that we won't wait forever
 
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------