Non-blocking raw_input

[Peter Hansen]

Jorge Louis de Castro wrote:
> Could anyone tell me whether I can find a non blocking alternative to 
> raw_input that works on windows? Is there not a python way of achieving 
> this? Can I find it somewhere in the documentation?
> Any help will be highly appreciated

Depending on what your requirements are (since you don't really say), 
the functionality in the standard msvcrt module might help.