Module: utils.rlineimpl — IPython 4.0.0 documentation

# Module: `utils.rlineimpl`

Imports and provides the ‘correct’ version of readline for the platform.

Readline is used throughout IPython as:

    import IPython.utils.rlineimpl as readline

In addition to normal readline stuff, this module provides have_readline boolean and _outputfile variable used in IPython.utils.

## 1 Function

`IPython.utils.rlineimpl.` `clear_history`() → None

  Clear the current readline history.