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1 1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
2 2 """
3 3 IPython -- An enhanced Interactive Python
4 4
5 5 One of Python's nicest features is its interactive interpreter. This allows
6 6 very fast testing of ideas without the overhead of creating test files as is
7 7 typical in most programming languages. However, the interpreter supplied with
8 8 the standard Python distribution is fairly primitive (and IDLE isn't really
9 9 much better).
10 10
11 11 IPython tries to:
12 12
13 13 i - provide an efficient environment for interactive work in Python
14 14 programming. It tries to address what we see as shortcomings of the standard
15 15 Python prompt, and adds many features to make interactive work much more
16 16 efficient.
17 17
18 18 ii - offer a flexible framework so that it can be used as the base
19 19 environment for other projects and problems where Python can be the
20 20 underlying language. Specifically scientific environments like Mathematica,
21 21 IDL and Mathcad inspired its design, but similar ideas can be useful in many
22 22 fields. Python is a fabulous language for implementing this kind of system
23 23 (due to its dynamic and introspective features), and with suitable libraries
24 24 entire systems could be built leveraging Python's power.
25 25
26 26 iii - serve as an embeddable, ready to go interpreter for your own programs.
27 27
28 28 IPython requires Python 2.4 or newer.
29 29 """
30 30
31 31 #*****************************************************************************
32 32 # Copyright (C) 2008-2009 The IPython Development Team
33 33 # Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Fernando Perez. <fperez@colorado.edu>
34 34 #
35 35 # Distributed under the terms of the BSD License. The full license is in
36 36 # the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
37 37 #*****************************************************************************
38 38
39 39 # Enforce proper version requirements
40 40 import sys
41 41
42 42 if sys.version[0:3] < '2.4':
43 43 raise ImportError('Python Version 2.4 or above is required for IPython.')
44 44
45 45 # Make it easy to import extensions - they are always directly on pythonpath.
46 46 # Therefore, non-IPython modules can be added to extensions directory
47 47 import os
48 48 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "extensions"))
49 49
50 50 # Define what gets imported with a 'from IPython import *'
51 51 __all__ = ['IPython.core.ipapi','utils.generics','utils.ipstruct',
52 52 'core.release','core.shell']
53 53
54 54 # Load __all__ in IPython namespace so that a simple 'import IPython' gives
55 55 # access to them via IPython.<name>
56 56 glob,loc = globals(),locals()
57 57 for name in __all__:
58 58 #print 'Importing: ',name # dbg
59 59 __import__(name,glob,loc,[])
60 60
61 61 from IPython.core import shell
62 Shell = shell
63 from IPython.core import ipapi
64 from IPython.core import iplib
62 65
63 66 # Release data
64 67 from IPython.core import release # do it explicitly so pydoc can see it - pydoc bug
65 68 __author__ = '%s <%s>\n%s <%s>\n%s <%s>' % \
66 69 ( release.authors['Fernando'] + release.authors['Janko'] + \
67 70 release.authors['Nathan'] )
68 71 __license__ = release.license
69 72 __version__ = release.version
70 73 __revision__ = release.revision
71 74
72 75 # Namespace cleanup
73 76 del name,glob,loc
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