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    <p>Using the snippet below, I have added tab completion to the python interpreter.</p> <pre><code>import readline import rlcompleter if 'libedit' in readline.__doc__: readline.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete") else: readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete") </code></pre> <p>However, I have encountered a weird behaviour where after hitting TAB, the interpreter would give duplicates as such:</p> <pre><code>Python 2.7.3 (v2.7.3:70274d53c1dd, Apr 9 2012, 20:52:43) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. &gt;&gt;&gt; d=dict() &gt;&gt;&gt; d. Display all 108 possibilities? (y or n) d.__class__( d.__class__( d.__class__( d.__class__( d.__cmp__( d.__cmp__( d.__contains__( d.__contains__( d.__delattr__( d.__delattr__( d.__delattr__( d.__delitem__( d.__delitem__( d.__doc__ d.__doc__ d.__doc__ d.__eq__( d.__eq__( d.__format__( d.__format__( d.__format__( d.__ge__( d.__ge__( d.__getattribute__( d.__getattribute__( d.__getattribute__( d.__getitem__( d.__getitem__( d.__gt__( d.__gt__( d.__hash__ d.__hash__ d.__hash__ d.__init__( d.__init__( d.__init__( d.__iter__( d.__iter__( d.__le__( d.__le__( d.__len__( d.__len__( d.__lt__( d.__lt__( d.__ne__( d.__ne__( d.__new__( d.__new__( d.__new__( d.__reduce__( d.__reduce__( d.__reduce__( d.__reduce_ex__( d.__reduce_ex__( d.__reduce_ex__( d.__repr__( d.__repr__( d.__repr__( d.__setattr__( d.__setattr__( d.__setattr__( d.__setitem__( d.__setitem__( d.__sizeof__( d.__sizeof__( d.__sizeof__( d.__str__( d.__str__( d.__str__( d.__subclasshook__( d.__subclasshook__( d.__subclasshook__( d.clear( d.clear( d.copy( d.copy( d.fromkeys( d.fromkeys( d.get( d.get( d.has_key( d.has_key( d.items( d.items( d.iteritems( d.iteritems( d.iterkeys( d.iterkeys( d.itervalues( d.itervalues( d.keys( d.keys( d.pop( d.pop( d.popitem( d.popitem( d.setdefault( d.setdefault( d.update( d.update( d.values( d.values( d.viewitems( d.viewitems( d.viewkeys( d.viewkeys( d.viewvalues( d.viewvalues( </code></pre> <p>108 possibilities! min 2, max 4 duplicates.</p> <p>Furthermore,</p> <ul> <li>if I subclass <code>dict</code> the total number of possibilities increases to 160 (and then to 209, 258).</li> <li>if I type enough characters for TAB to nail the command, it does so without displaying duplicates.</li> </ul> <p>Any pointers or debugging tips are appreciated.</p>
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