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How to edit a function in an interactive python session?

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R has the function edit() which allows the editing of the definition of a function. Does python have something similar so that users can edit python functions on the fly?

Ref:
https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/utils/versions/3.4.3/topics/edit

posted Dec 21, 2017 by Gurminder

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No.

In the standard interactive interpreter, you can only re-enter the function, either re-typing it, or using the readline "history" to call up each line again. (This may not work under Windows.)

iPython or Jupyter may offer extra editing functionality Or you could try creating your own.

This might be a good place to start:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2014-September/677841.html
http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578926-call-out-to-an-external-editor/

answer Dec 21, 2017 by Amit Parthsarthi
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