Overriding code.InteractiveConsole.write does not work

[tebeka]

BPO	12402
Nosy	@tebeka, @bitdancer

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title = 'Overriding code.InteractiveConsole.write does not work'
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[tebeka]

Consider the following code:
import code

    class Console(code.InteractiveConsole):
        def write(self, data):
            print("DATA: {0}".format(data))

    c = Console()
    c.interact()

Then enter "1" at the prompt. The output will be 1 (and not DATA: 1).
If you create an error (such as 1/0), then the error lines will be prefixed by DATA.

[bitdancer]

That's correct. The write method is for writing to stderr, and by implication is called only for errors. Not, I think, the most obvious name that could have been chosen for the method, but it does seem to be doing what it is documented to do in your example.

[tebeka]

I'm trying to read/write data from a socket. Does this mean I need to roll up my own Interpreter? (e.g. no way to override writing to stdout?)

Since this is the expected behaviour, will close this one.