How to make scientific notation the default in the Python interpreter?

[andresordonez]

Hi, I'm tired of reading numbers like 695500000, and using %e all the time is not a practical solution.

Thanks.

[Coin]

The Python "interactive mode" is just a REPL loop. You can write your own REPL loop in python pretty easily, and then you will have full control over how output is printed.

Here's someone who wrote their own REPL with complicated command history abilities and stuff. (http://blog.hackthology.com/writing-an-interactive-repl-in-python)

[andresordonez]

Thanks, though I thought it could be easier than that. I guess I could modify somehow some code of the interpreter.