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In Python, it is expected that typing an identifier will not cause an action to happen... so this is consistent with that expectation.

• gertlex 5y ago
  In Python3, that is. I'd love to find (never looked...) a python3 repl where `print`, `dir`, `help` all behave like python2's `print`, since they're debug/lookup tools. It's rather often I'll open a terminal and want to check one of those things, and... typing () characters just adds significant effort (for lack of better description).
  • ufmace 5y ago
    Maybe you want Ruby instead? I always found Ruby's optional parenthesis to be annoying in stored code, but I gotta admit it's nice on the REPL.
  • klodolph 5y ago
    Have you considered ipython? It has commands like that.