gh-121245: Refactor site.register_readline()

Lib/_pyrepl/main.py

@@ -7,10 +7,26 @@
 else:
     CAN_USE_PYREPL = sys.getwindowsversion().build >= 10586  # Windows 10 TH2
 
+FAIL_MSG = ""
+try:
+    import errno
+    if not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
+        raise OSError(errno.ENOTTY, "tty required", "stdin")
+    from .simple_interact import check
+    if err := check():
+        raise RuntimeError(err)
+except Exception as e:
+    FAIL_MSG = f"warning: can't use pyrepl: {e}"
+    CAN_USE_PYREPL = False
+
 
 def interactive_console(mainmodule=None, quiet=False, pythonstartup=False):
     global CAN_USE_PYREPL
     if not CAN_USE_PYREPL:
+        if not os.environ.get('PYTHON_BASIC_REPL', None):
+            from .trace import trace
+            trace(FAIL_MSG)
+            print(FAIL_MSG, file=sys.stderr)
         return sys._baserepl()
 
     if mainmodule:
@@ -34,22 +50,5 @@ def interactive_console(mainmodule=None, quiet=False, pythonstartup=False):
     if not hasattr(sys, "ps2"):
         sys.ps2 = "... "
 
-    run_interactive = None
-    try:
-        import errno
-        if not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
-            raise OSError(errno.ENOTTY, "tty required", "stdin")
-        from .simple_interact import check
-        if err := check():
-            raise RuntimeError(err)
-        from .simple_interact import run_multiline_interactive_console
-        run_interactive = run_multiline_interactive_console
-    except Exception as e:
-        from .trace import trace
-        msg = f"warning: can't use pyrepl: {e}"
-        trace(msg)
-        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
-        CAN_USE_PYREPL = False
-    if run_interactive is None:
-        return sys._baserepl()
-    run_interactive(namespace)
+    from .simple_interact import run_multiline_interactive_console
+    run_multiline_interactive_console(namespace)

Lib/site.py

@@ -509,35 +509,33 @@ def register_readline():
         pass
 
     if readline.get_current_history_length() == 0:
+        try:
+            from _pyrepl.main import CAN_USE_PYREPL
+        except ImportError:
+            CAN_USE_PYREPL = False
         # If no history was loaded, default to .python_history,
         # or PYTHON_HISTORY.
         # The guard is necessary to avoid doubling history size at
         # each interpreter exit when readline was already configured
         # through a PYTHONSTARTUP hook, see:
         # http://bugs.python.org/issue5845#msg198636
         history = gethistoryfile()
+        if os.getenv("PYTHON_BASIC_REPL") or not CAN_USE_PYREPL:
+            my_readline = readline
+        else:
+            my_readline = _pyrepl.readline
         try:
-            if os.getenv("PYTHON_BASIC_REPL"):
-                readline.read_history_file(history)
-            else:
-                _pyrepl.readline.read_history_file(history)
+            my_readline.read_history_file(history)
         except (OSError,* _pyrepl.unix_console._error):
             pass
 
         def write_history():
             try:
-                from _pyrepl.main import CAN_USE_PYREPL
-            except ImportError:
-                CAN_USE_PYREPL = False
-
-            try:
-                if os.getenv("PYTHON_BASIC_REPL") or not CAN_USE_PYREPL:
-                    readline.write_history_file(history)
-                else:
-                    _pyrepl.readline.write_history_file(history)
+                my_readline.write_history_file(history)
             except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError):
                 # home directory does not exist or is not writable
                 # https://bugs.python.org/issue19891
+                # or terminal doesn't have the required capability
                 pass
 
         atexit.register(write_history)