--- Modules/readline.c.orig	Wed Jan 17 18:10:23 2007

+++ Modules/readline.c	Wed Jan 17 18:12:54 2007

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@

 	return Py_None;

 }

-static int history_length = -1; /* do not truncate history by default */

+static int _history_length = -1; /* do not truncate history by default */

 PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_read_history_file,

 "read_history_file([filename]) -> None\n\

 Load a readline history file.\n\

@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@

 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|z:write_history_file", &s))

 		return NULL;

 	errno = write_history(s);

-	if (!errno && history_length >= 0)

-		history_truncate_file(s, history_length);

+	if (!errno && _history_length >= 0)

+		history_truncate_file(s, _history_length);

 	if (errno)

 		return PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);

 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);

@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@

 static PyObject*

 set_history_length(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)

 {

-	int length = history_length;

+	int length = _history_length;

 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i:set_history_length", &length))

 		return NULL;

-	history_length = length;

+	_history_length = length;

 	Py_INCREF(Py_None);

 	return Py_None;

 }

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@

 static PyObject*

 get_history_length(PyObject *self, PyObject *noarg)

 {

-	return PyInt_FromLong(history_length);

+	return PyInt_FromLong(_history_length);

 }

 PyDoc_STRVAR(get_history_length_doc,