[Python-Dev] Incorrect documentation of the raw_inputbuilt-in function (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Thu Jan 24 21:17:47 CET 2008

IMO the actual behavior is incorrect.

On Jan 24, 2008 12:14 PM, Mike Kent <mike.kent at sage.com> wrote:

Guido van Rossum <guido python.org> writes:

> > > It's entirely likely that the difference in what I am seeing and what you > > guys > > are seeing is caused by my not having GNU readline installed. Nevertheless, > > the behavior without it seems wrong, and is certainly different from the > > documentation. > > Agreed. > Being that Guido agrees, should I put a bug report into the system for it, and if so, which should it report as the bug: the actual behavior of the rawinput prompt when GNU readline is not installed, or the documentation?

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