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Here is a patch that corrects the problem (quoted below and attached.) This only corrects the problem when 'PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer' is set, e.g. you must 'import readline', otherwise Python will defer to stdin/stdout with 'PyOS_StdioReadline'.
The patch:
--- Python-2.6.8/Parser/tokenizer.c 2012年04月10日 11:32:11.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-2.6.8-patched/Parser/tokenizer.c 2012年07月23日 19:56:39.645992101 -0400
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
 return Py_CHARMASK(*tok->cur++);
 }
 if (tok->prompt != NULL) {
- char *newtok = PyOS_Readline(stdin, stdout, tok->prompt);
+ char *newtok = PyOS_Readline(tok->fp? tok->fp : stdin, tok->fp? tok->fp : stdout, tok->prompt);
 if (tok->nextprompt != NULL)
 tok->prompt = tok->nextprompt;
 if (newtok == NULL)
Kevin Barry