python 2.5.1 ship sitecustomize.py that enables some convenient features when

working with the interactive interpreter: attribute completion and persistent command history

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+# OpenEmbedded sitecustomize.py (C) 2002-2008 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mlauer@vanille-media.de>
+# GPLv2 or later
+# Version: 20082201
+# Features:
+# * set proper default encoding
+# * enable readline completion in the interactive interpreter
+# * load command line history on startup
+# * save command line history on exit 
+
+HISTORY_FILENAME = "/tmp/python-history-file.txt"
+
+def __exithandler():
+    try:
+        readline.write_history_file( HISTORY_FILENAME )
+    except IOError:
+        pass
+
+def __registerExitHandler():
+    import atexit
+    atexit.register( __exithandler )
+
+def __enableReadlineSupport():
+    readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
+    try:
+        readline.read_history_file( "/tmp/python-history-file.txt" )
+    except IOError:
+        pass
+
+def __enableDefaultEncoding():
+    import sys
+    try:
+        sys.setdefaultencoding('utf8')
+    except LookupError:
+        pass
+
+import sys
+try:
+    import rlcompleter, readline
+except ImportError:
+    sys.stderr.write( "Python %s (OpenEmbedded build) sitecustomize.py not active. Please install python-readline.\n" % sys.version.split()[0] )
+else:
+    __enableDefaultEncoding()
+    __registerExitHandler()
+    __enableReadlineSupport()
+    sys.stderr.write( "Python %s (OpenEmbedded build) sitecustomize.py active.\n" % sys.version.split()[0] )