From e07c9ffe51fe014b6064f6e234125275759c6eb9 2020-10-24 00:12:14
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2020-10-24 00:12:14
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #12653 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-12625-on-7.x

Backport PR #12625 on branch 7.x (Don't register the same callback multiple times)
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diff --git a/IPython/core/events.py b/IPython/core/events.py
index 6ebd790..1af13ca 100644
--- a/IPython/core/events.py
+++ b/IPython/core/events.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class EventManager(object):
         if not callable(function):
             raise TypeError('Need a callable, got %r' % function)
         callback_proto = available_events.get(event)
-        self.callbacks[event].append(callback_proto.adapt(function))
+        if function not in self.callbacks[event]:
+            self.callbacks[event].append(callback_proto.adapt(function))
     
     def unregister(self, event, function):
         """Remove a callback from the given event."""