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:mod:`rlcompleter` --- Completion function for GNU readline
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.. module:: rlcompleter
   :synopsis: Python identifier completion, suitable for the GNU readline library.

.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <[email protected]>

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/rlcompleter.py`

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The :mod:`rlcompleter` module defines a completion function suitable for the
:mod:`readline` module by completing valid Python identifiers and keywords.

When this module is imported on a Unix platform with the :mod:`readline` module
available, an instance of the :class:`Completer` class is automatically created
and its :meth:`complete` method is set as the :mod:`readline` completer.

Example::

   >>> import rlcompleter
   >>> import readline
   >>> readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
   >>> readline. <TAB PRESSED>
   readline.__doc__          readline.get_line_buffer(  readline.read_init_file(
   readline.__file__         readline.insert_text(      readline.set_completer(
   readline.__name__         readline.parse_and_bind(
   >>> readline.

The :mod:`rlcompleter` module is designed for use with Python's
:ref:`interactive mode <tut-interactive>`.  Unless Python is run with the
:option:`-S` option, the module is automatically imported and configured
(see :ref:`rlcompleter-config`).

On platforms without :mod:`readline`, the :class:`Completer` class defined by
this module can still be used for custom purposes.


.. _completer-objects:

Completer Objects
-----------------

Completer objects have the following method:


.. method:: Completer.complete(text, state)

   Return the *state*\ th completion for *text*.

   If called for *text* that doesn't include a period character (``'.'``), it will
   complete from names currently defined in :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`builtins` and
   keywords (as defined by the :mod:`keyword` module).

   If called for a dotted name, it will try to evaluate anything without obvious
   side-effects (functions will not be evaluated, but it can generate calls to
   :meth:`__getattr__`) up to the last part, and find matches for the rest via the
   :func:`dir` function.  Any exception raised during the evaluation of the
   expression is caught, silenced and :const:`None` is returned.