Oh wait, you need to explicitly turn it on? How?
import readline
import rlcompleter
readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete') import readline
import rlcompleter
if 'libedit' in readline.__doc__:
readline.parse_and_bind("bind ^I rl_complete")
else:
readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
[1] http://stackoverflow.com/a/7116997/10583