"config" in IPython console

[Moritz Lürig]

I just noticed that "config", a name that I often use for some of my program variables, returns some output in the IPython that seems to be related to Spyder:

config

Available objects for config:

     AliasManager

     DisplayFormatter

     HistoryManager

     IPCompleter

     InlineBackend

     LoggingMagics

     MagicsManager

     OSMagics

     PrefilterManager

     ScriptMagics

     SpyderKernelApp

     SpyderShell

     StoreMagics

what does this do and is there a good reason to not override "config" in the namespace for my variables?

related question: is there an option in Spyder to check for namespace conflicts?

[Kiko]

2021-01-27 12:23 GMT+01:00, Moritz Lürig <moritz...@gmail.com>:
> I just noticed that "config", a name that I often use for some of my
> program variables, returns some output in the IPython that seems to be
> related to Spyder:
>

> *config*
> *Available objects for config:*
> * AliasManager*
> * DisplayFormatter*
> * HistoryManager*
> * IPCompleter*
> * InlineBackend*
> * LoggingMagics*
> * MagicsManager*
> * OSMagics*
> * PrefilterManager*
> * ScriptMagics*
> * SpyderKernelApp*
> * SpyderShell*
> * StoreMagics*

>
> what does this do and is there a good reason to not override "config" in
> the namespace for my variables?
> related question: is there an option in Spyder to check for namespace
> conflicts?

It is IPython related, not a Spyder thing.

'config' is an IPython magic command
(https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interactive/magics.html#magic-config).
You can access it using '%config' (this is the expected way). At the
beginning you can use 'config' (without %) as a shortcut but you can
override 'config' and use the magic command using the % symbol. So, it
is safe to override 'config' (or 'run' or 'alias' or other magic
commands).

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[Moritz Lürig]

thanks for clarifying!