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28.0.50; python-shell-send functions show no output

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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: 49822 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#49822: master e32c7d2: Change Python eval to send directly instead of using temporary files
Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 23:15:33 +0100

On Mon 06 Sep 2021, Andreas Schwab wrote:

> On Sep 06 2021, Michael Albinus wrote:
>
>> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
>>
>>>>> Okay, so is the TTY line length limit of the OS available in Lisp
>>>>> somewhere?  Otherwise, can we at least trust that 1024 is the universal
>>>>> lower bound?
>>>>
>>>> On systems with a POSIX shell:
>>>>
>>>> (let ((default-directory "/"))
>>>>   (read (shell-command-to-string "getconf LINE_MAX")))
>>>
>>> LINE_MAX has nothing to do with the tty line discipline.
>>
>> I'll never learn it :-(
>>
>> We've discussed this issue some years ago already. IIRC, the outcome was
>> to use "getconf PIPE_BUF /" instead.
>
> Neither has PIPE_BUF.
>
> Andreas.

Why not stop being so unhelpful and actually share your knowledge of
the correct answer ?

What precisely is the limitation, and how can it be discovered ?

Please explain.

    AndyM

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