Here is a patch that corrects the problem (quoted below and attached.) This only corrects the problem when 'PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer' is set, e.g. you must 'import readline', otherwise Python will defer to stdin/stdout with 'PyOS_StdioReadline'.


The patch:


--- 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)


Kevin Barry