[Tutor] Issue w/ string input "for", "not", "while", "else" etc.
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Tue Nov 26 18:11:22 CET 2013
Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 26/11/13 16:49, Peter Otten wrote:
>
>>> When executing the program, in case the user input is "for", "not",
>>> "True", "while" Python interprets that as a command and changes the
>>> input's color to the corresponding command.
> ...
>>
>> Are you running the program inside idle? The (in this case unwanted)
>> syntax highlighting is a feature of idle's shell.
>
> Good catch, I didn't notice that Rafael was only complaining about the
> colorizing of his text. I assumed it was actually executing the input.
> I suspect the colorizing happens in most IDEs not just IDLE?
I don't know, I think it's a side effect of idle using the same window for
interaction with command line programs and as the interactive interpreter.
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