#5727: Restore the ability to use readline when calling into pdb in doctests.
diff --git a/Lib/doctest.py b/Lib/doctest.py
index 0db75b4..d1b96d4 100644
--- a/Lib/doctest.py
+++ b/Lib/doctest.py
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@
self.__out = out
self.__debugger_used = False
pdb.Pdb.__init__(self, stdout=out)
+ # still use input() to get user input
+ self.use_rawinput = 1
def set_trace(self, frame=None):
self.__debugger_used = True
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 901d21f..50fa0cf 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #5727: Restore the ability to use readline when calling into pdb
+ in doctests.
+
- Issue #6719: In pdb, do not stop somewhere in the encodings machinery
if the source file to be debugged is in a non-builtin encoding.