gh-121160: Note that readline libraries using different history formats.

[encukou]

This is not something we can do too much about, without help from the underlying libraries.

The file formats seem to be treated as implementation details, hidden behind API calls.

• Issue: gh-121160

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[encukou]

@Yhg1s, you're the readline expert. Does this look good?

[encukou]

I'll merge next week.

[Yhg1s]

Eehh, "expert"... But yeah, I think this is the only thing we can do here.

[encukou]

Thanks!

Expert just means you've signed up for notifications about tricky or controversial changes :)

[miss-islington-app[bot]]

Thanks @encukou for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.12. 🐍🍒⛏🤖

[miss-islington-app[bot]]

Thanks @encukou for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13. 🐍🍒⛏🤖 I'm not a witch! I'm not a witch!

[miss-islington-app[bot]]

Sorry, @encukou, I could not cleanly backport this to 3.12 due to a conflict. Please backport using cherry_picker on command line.

cherry_picker 709db44255eb5d73fc22a1341dd0253e71ddfda9 3.12

[bedevere-app[bot]]

GH-122030 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch.

[bedevere-app[bot]]

GH-122031 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.12 branch.