Bug reporting impossible

[Fredrik Lundh]

Nick Maclaren wrote:

> |> Why would you have a file named '<stdin>' in your current directory?
>
> Why would Python search for one? :-)
>
> In both cases, the normal answer is "Someone made a mistake" but, if
> you have a script that creates a files of the same names specified in
> the current directory, what name should it use if you specify stdin?

given that "<stdin>" is an invalid filename on some platforms, why would any
serious programmer use "<stdin>" for an external file ?

> It is one of the standard conventions, which is (after all) why Python
> is searching for it.

the only reason Python's searching for it is that the CLI implementation passes
"<stdin>" as the second argument to compile:

    http://pyref.infogami.com/compile

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