Add completion of locals to spack python (#29702)

2022-03-30 22:38:39 +02:00 · 2022-03-30 22:38:39 +02:00 · 4571f4c994
commit 4571f4c994
parent 20000493f3
1 changed files with 4 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py
@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ def python_interpreter(args):
    else:
        # Provides readline support, allowing user to use arrow keys
        console.push('import readline')
+        # Provide tabcompletion
+        console.push('from rlcompleter import Completer')
+        console.push('readline.set_completer(Completer(locals()).complete)')
+        console.push('readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")')

        console.interact("Spack version %s\nPython %s, %s %s"
                         % (spack.spack_version, platform.python_version(),