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People that find code.interact useful should check out IPython* (which is an interactive Python shell with auto completion and a lot of other features).

Here is how I launch a shell for my projects (it tries to use IPython, if it isn't working it uses code.interact): http://paste.plurk.com/show/17110/

* http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/

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IPython is great and I used to be a huge fan before I found Spyder (formerly Pydee.) It is somewhat a matter of taste, but when working interactively I think Spyder is one of the best shells. It is available at http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/

Upvote for iPython, it quickened my learning of the language 10 fold. That and slime.vim is a match made in heaven!

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