1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/distutils/core.py b/numpy/distutils/core.py
index a0012e20e..5ae6353f2 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/core.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/core.py
@@ -98,7 +98,24 @@ def get_distribution(always=False):
         dist = distutils.dist.Distribution()
     return dist
 
+def _exit_interactive_session(_cache=[]): 
+    if _cache: 
+        return # been here 
+    _cache.append(1) 
+    print '-'*72 
+    raw_input('Press ENTER to close the interactive session..') 
+    print '='*72 
+
 def setup(**attr):
+
+    if len(sys.argv)<=1 and not attr.get('script_args',[]): 
+        from interactive import interactive_sys_argv 
+        import atexit 
+        atexit.register(_exit_interactive_session) 
+        sys.argv[:] = interactive_sys_argv(sys.argv) 
+        if len(sys.argv)>1: 
+            return setup(**attr) 
+
     cmdclass = numpy_cmdclass.copy()
 
     new_attr = attr.copy()