[Idle-dev] Deprecate running IDLE without a subprocess

2012-06-11 Thread serwy
IDLE developers, In the interest of simplifying IDLE's code, I suggest that running IDLE *without* a subprocess be deprecated. Since 2009, IDLE could have multiple instances running while using a subprocess. See http://bugs.python.org/issue1529142 Running without a subprocess has a flaw in

Re: [Idle-dev] Deprecate running IDLE without a subprocess

2012-06-11 Thread Bruce Sherwood
I'm not sure I understand this issue, but I'll comment that this is just one of many reasons why the user's file should always be saved before a run, a feature introduced by David Scherer 12 years ago but which may get periodically lost. Bruce Sherwood On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:54 PM, serwy wrot

Re: [Idle-dev] Deprecate running IDLE without a subprocess

2012-06-11 Thread Roger Serwy
The auto-saving feature only saves the one editor window, not all of them. It is possible to lose unsaved work in yet-to-be executed code in other editor windows. Presently, PyShell.py and a few other extensions have code paths to handle running with and without the subprocess. Requiring a sub