Bernard Herzog pointed out that rl_parse_and_bind modifies its
argument string (bad function!), so we make a temporary copy.
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 899a223..915cc4a 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -48,10 +48,17 @@
PyObject *self;
PyObject *args;
{
- char *s;
+ char *s, *copy;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &s))
return NULL;
- rl_parse_and_bind(s);
+ /* Make a copy -- rl_parse_and_bind() modifies its argument */
+ /* Bernard Herzog */
+ copy = malloc(1 + strlen(s));
+ if (copy == NULL)
+ return PyErr_NoMemory();
+ strcpy(copy, s);
+ rl_parse_and_bind(copy);
+ free(copy); /* Free the copy */
Py_INCREF(Py_None);
return Py_None;
}