Merge pull request #7151 from ccordoba12/no-ipy-history-in-tests

PR: Avoid loading/saving IPython console history in safe mode or testing

spyder/utils/ipython/kernelspec.py

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 
 from jupyter_client.kernelspec import KernelSpec
 
-from spyder.config.base import get_module_source_path
+from spyder.config.base import (SAFE_MODE, get_module_source_path,
+                                running_under_pytest)
 from spyder.config.main import CONF
 from spyder.utils.encoding import to_unicode_from_fs
 from spyder.utils.programs import is_python_interpreter
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ def env(self):
             'SPY_GREEDY_O': CONF.get('ipython_console', 'greedy_completer'),
             'SPY_JEDI_O': CONF.get('ipython_console', 'jedi_completer'),
             'SPY_SYMPY_O': CONF.get('ipython_console', 'symbolic_math'),
-            'SPY_RUN_CYTHON': self.is_cython
+            'SPY_RUN_CYTHON': self.is_cython,
+            'SPY_TESTING': running_under_pytest() or SAFE_MODE
         }
 
         # Add our PYTHONPATH to env_vars

spyder/utils/ipython/start_kernel.py

@@ -66,13 +66,17 @@ def kernel_config():
     # ---- Spyder config ----
     spy_cfg = Config()
 
+    # Enable/disable certain features for testing
+    testing = os.environ.get('SPY_TESTING') == 'True'
+    if testing:
+        # Don't load nor save history in our IPython consoles.
+        spy_cfg.HistoryAccessor.enabled = False
+
     # Until we implement Issue 1052
     spy_cfg.InteractiveShell.xmode = 'Plain'
 
-    # Jedi completer
+    # Jedi completer. It's only available in Python 3
     jedi_o = os.environ.get('SPY_JEDI_O') == 'True'
-    # - Using Jedi slow completions a lot for objects with big repr's.
-    # - Jedi completions are not available in Python 2.
     if not PY2:
         spy_cfg.IPCompleter.use_jedi = jedi_o