Idle: conflict between loop execution and undo shortcut.

[DavideOkami]

BPO	23616
Nosy	@terryjreedy
Files	Schermata 2015-03-09 alle 06.53.21.png: Screenshot [2]

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assignee = 'https://github.com/terryjreedy'
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created_at = <Date 2015-03-09.06:18:26.616>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-bug', '3.10']
title = 'Idle: conflict between loop execution and undo shortcut.'
updated_at = <Date 2020-06-07.22:17:44.889>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/DavideOkami'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue23616'
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[DavideOkami]

Keeping pressed the undo shortcut during a cycle until returning to the cycle declaration, IDLE will react deleting the declaration [1] or overlaying it on the result/s [2] ([2] intermittently and un-effectively on cycle execution).

[terryjreedy]

(Duplicate message unlinked). I do not know what you mean by a 'cycle', 'generic cycle', or 'cycle declaration'. Python's only declarations are global and nonlocal statements. The image does not help me except to specify OSX (latest version) an 3.4.2. Please describe what you actually did in enough detail that I could do the same. What is the undo shortcut on OSX, or specifically your machine?

[DavideOkami]

Sorry for my bad technical acknowledgment, i will try to be more understandable.
Declaring a while loop statement, and launching the loop pressing enter, it is possible to delete loop results and return to the while declaration statement deleting it [1] or it's possibile to make it disappear from the line in which it was declared [2] [[2] making it appear on the loop result (overlaying it)] without breaking the loop execution [1][2]. Both are possible keeping pressed the shortcut command+z (⌘+z) after that loop runs (keeping it pressed until the loop statement is reached and deleted [1], or keeping it pressed for a little less time than before, to manifest the second behavior). The bug afflicts Python IDLE for OS X (i tried with a clean installation of Python 3.4.3 and i tried it also on Windows without results) in versions 2.7.8, 3.4.x (as i tried).

[terryjreedy]

I believe you are reporting the following behavior, which I believe I have seen before but which seems not to be the subject of a tracker issue. If I run

import time
for i in range(20):
	print(i)
	time.sleep(.5)

either in Shell at >>> or from the editor, and hold Undo (^Z for me on Windows), output is deleted back to the previous >>>. When the statements are enter in Shell, that means erasing the visible 'for' statement. A bit to my surprise, <> (alt-P for me) still reloads the 'for' statement.

While this behavior is entirely avoidable by users (don't hit Undo after Enter), I agree that it is not desirable. At minimum, it should be possible to clear the undo buffer when code is submitted for execution, just as it is when >>> is printed. That should prevent removal of the entered statement.

I believe Undo is left active during execution so it will be active during user entry in response to input('prompt'). Also, one can start entering input before 'prompt' is printed. So avoiding adding output to Undo would be trickier.

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