I was writing some code in IDLE for Python 3.8 on Mac OSX when it became non-responsive. Unfortunately it had been some time since my last save and I'd like to not lose my data.
Before I force quit IDLE, I'm wondering if the file I was working on can be found in some kind of temporary folder? I don't think there is an autosave feature (or if there is I didn't know about it). But I'm hoping that it's still writing the contents of my unsaved work to disk somewhere.
Thanks!
Short answer. No. Unless you have a program that can access the memory of other programs, it is likely gone.
When I start a new file, I immediately save it under a new name. I usually run it after any significant editing to check for SyntaxErrors and runtime NameErrors. My fingers are too twitchy to want to run a hundred new lines at a time. If I already have tests, then I save and run them often to check the progress in passing the tests.