Defer saving raw_input to shell initialisation, so that we pick up the modified version needed for PyPy's readline to work.

IPython/core/interactiveshell.py

@@ -86,10 +86,6 b" dedent_re = re.compile(r'^\\s+raise|^\\s+return|^\\s+pass')"
 # Utilities
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# store the builtin raw_input globally, and use this always, in case user code
-# overwrites it (like wx.py.PyShell does)
-raw_input_original = raw_input
-
 def softspace(file, newvalue):
     """Copied from code.py, to remove the dependency"""
 
@@ -411,6 +407,10 b' class InteractiveShell(SingletonConfigurable, Magic):'
         # init_readline() must come before init_io(), because init_io uses
         # readline related things.
         self.init_readline()
+        # We save this here in case user code replaces raw_input, but it needs
+        # to be after init_readline(), because PyPy's readline works by replacing
+        # raw_input.
+        self.raw_input_original = raw_input
         # init_completer must come after init_readline, because it needs to
         # know whether readline is present or not system-wide to configure the
         # completers, since the completion machinery can now operate

IPython/core/magic.py

@@ -3175,7 +3175,7 b' Defaulting color scheme to \'NoColor\'"""'
         from IPython.core import interactiveshell
         print "Pasting code; enter '%s' alone on the line to stop." % sentinel
         while True:
-            l = interactiveshell.raw_input_original(':')
+            l = self.shell.raw_input_original(':')
             if l == sentinel:
                 return
             else:

IPython/frontend/terminal/interactiveshell.py

@@ -47,11 +47,6 b' def get_default_editor():'
             ed = 'notepad' # same in Windows!
     return ed
 
-
-# store the builtin raw_input globally, and use this always, in case user code
-# overwrites it (like wx.py.PyShell does)
-raw_input_original = raw_input
-
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Main class
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -337,7 +332,7 b' class TerminalInteractiveShell(InteractiveShell):'
             self.set_readline_completer()
         
         try:
-            line = raw_input_original(prompt).decode(self.stdin_encoding)
+            line = self.raw_input_original(prompt).decode(self.stdin_encoding)
         except ValueError:
             warn("\n********\nYou or a %run:ed script called sys.stdin.close()"
                  " or sys.stdout.close()!\nExiting IPython!")