--- Python-2.6.8/Parser/tokenizer.c 2012-04-10 11:32:11.000000000 -0400 +++ Python-2.6.8-patched/Parser/tokenizer.c 2012-07-23 19:56:39.645992101 -0400 @@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ return Py_CHARMASK(*tok->cur++); } if (tok->prompt != NULL) { - char *newtok = PyOS_Readline(stdin, stdout, tok->prompt); + char *newtok = PyOS_Readline(tok->fp? tok->fp : stdin, tok->fp? tok->fp : stdout, tok->prompt); if (tok->nextprompt != NULL) tok->prompt = tok->nextprompt; if (newtok == NULL)