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For the record, the site.py snippet shown for Python 3.9 is in CPython since 2013, has been mostly unchanged since then, and is still there for Python 3.11, so it seems safe to use a solution based on its behavior: github.com/python/cpython/blame/main/Lib/site.py#L467-L488

MestreLion
– MestreLion

2022-06-01 09:45:03 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2022 at 9:45
It can also be improved to create the needed dummy entry for you on first run when there's no history file yet: if readline.get_current_history_length() == 0: readline.add_history("# history created"), as suggested in this answer

MestreLion
– MestreLion

2022-06-01 10:05:44 +00:00
Commented Jun 1, 2022 at 10:05

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