diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/embedded_interpreter.py b/lldb/source/Interpreter/embedded_interpreter.py
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+import readline
+import code
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+class SimpleREPL(code.InteractiveConsole):
+   def __init__(self, prompt, dict):
+       code.InteractiveConsole.__init__(self,dict)
+       self.prompt = prompt
+       self.loop_exit = False
+       self.dict = dict
+
+   def interact(self):
+       try:
+           sys.ps1
+       except AttributeError:
+           sys.ps1 = ">>> "
+       try:
+           sys.ps2
+       except AttributeError:
+           sys.ps2 = "... "
+
+       while not self.loop_exit:
+           try:
+               self.read_py_command()
+           except (SystemExit, EOFError):
+               # EOF while in Python just breaks out to top level.
+               self.write('\n')
+               self.loop_exit = True
+               break
+           except KeyboardInterrupt:
+               self.write("\nKeyboardInterrupt\n")
+               self.resetbuffer()
+               more = 0
+           except:
+               traceback.print_exc()
+
+   def process_input (self, in_str):
+      # Canonicalize the format of the input string
+      temp_str = in_str
+      temp_str.strip(' \t')
+      words = temp_str.split()
+      temp_str = ('').join(words)
+
+      # Check the input string to see if it was the quit
+      # command.  If so, intercept it, so that it doesn't
+      # close stdin on us!
+      if (temp_str.lower() == "quit()"):
+         self.loop_exit = True
+         in_str = "raise SystemExit "
+      return in_str
+
+   def my_raw_input (self, prompt):
+      stream = sys.stdout
+      stream.write (prompt)
+      stream.flush ()
+      try:
+         line = sys.stdin.readline()
+      except KeyboardInterrupt:
+         line = " \n"
+      except (SystemExit, EOFError):
+         line = "quit()\n"
+      if not line:
+         raise EOFError
+      if line[-1] == '\n':
+         line = line[:-1]
+      return line
+
+   def read_py_command(self):
+       # Read off a complete Python command.
+       more = 0
+       while 1:
+           if more:
+               prompt = sys.ps2
+           else:
+               prompt = sys.ps1
+           line = self.my_raw_input(prompt)
+           # Can be None if sys.stdin was redefined
+           encoding = getattr(sys.stdin, "encoding", None)
+           if encoding and not isinstance(line, unicode):
+               line = line.decode(encoding)
+           line = self.process_input (line)
+           more = self.push(line)
+           if not more:
+               break
+
+def run_python_interpreter (dict):
+   # Pass in the dictionary, for continuity from one session to the next.
+   repl = SimpleREPL('>>> ', dict)
+   repl.interact()