ipython exits when entering non-ASCII characters

[Ilan Schnell]

The bug is maybe related to bug #264587,
On OSX 10.4, when I start ipython-0.9.1 and I hit ALT +,
which enters some non-ASCII characters and hit return.
I get:
----------------------------------------
In [1]: \342\211\240
WARNING:
********
You or a %run:ed script called sys.stdin.close() or sys.stdout.close()!
Exiting IPython!
---------------------------------------
The CPython behaves differently:
>>> \342\211\240
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    ≠
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[Brian Granger (ellisonbg)]

I can't confirm this on OS X 10.5, Python 2.5. Can anyone else confirm this one?

[Roman Alexeev (letit-bee)]

I have the exact same behaviour on OSX 10.6 with python 2.6 фтв ipython 0.10 in virtualenv.
---------

(pyl)bee@i20 ~ $ ipython
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84374, Aug 31 2010, 11:00:51)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.10.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]: фыва
WARNING:
********
You or a %run:ed script called sys.stdin.close() or sys.stdout.close()!
Exiting IPython!

[Fernando Perez (fdo.perez)]

(ipython-0.10.2)amirbar[bin]> ip
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 15:52:39)
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 0.10.2 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
? -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]: фыва
------------------------------------------------------------
   File "<ipython console>", line 1
     фыва
     ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I can't confirm it in IPython 0.10.2 nor in 0.11. But this bug tracker is closed, all IPython bugs are now tracked at

https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues

so if you continue seeing this with the 0.11 series (currently git HEAD), please let us know at github.

Thanks!