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Re: [PATCH 1/4]: Make "python" start a standard Python prompt


On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp@cs.umd.edu> wrote:

> One more option is to move the Python REPL to "python-repl" and alias it to "py", and leave the old "python" as is. The "py" alias gives a convenient short command, "python-repl" can be used from a script to start a REPL, and the old "python" remains as is.
>

FWIW i have used the 'py' alias in scripts numerous times (though
afaict the ones i've released into the wild have been switched to
'python' before release), though I believe there to be a few examples
of it on stack overflow (kind of hard to search for though).


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