[Python-checkins] r87523 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
georg.brandl
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Dec 28 10:18:24 CET 2010
Author: georg.brandl
Date: Tue Dec 28 10:18:24 2010
New Revision: 87523
Log:
Remove confusing paragraph -- this is relevant only to advanced users anyway and does not belong into the tutorial.
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst Tue Dec 28 10:18:24 2010
@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@
``python -m module [arg] ...``, which executes the source file for *module* as
if you had spelled out its full name on the command line.
-Note that there is a difference between ``python file`` and ``python
-<file``. In the latter case, input requests from the program, such as calling
-``sys.stdin.read()``, are satisfied from *file*. Since this file has already
-been read until the end by the parser before the program starts executing, the
-program will encounter end-of-file immediately. In the former case (which is
-usually what you want) they are satisfied from whatever file or device is
-connected to standard input of the Python interpreter.
-
When a script file is used, it is sometimes useful to be able to run the script
and enter interactive mode afterwards. This can be done by passing :option:`-i`
before the script. (This does not work if the script is read from standard
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