[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
==============================================================================
--- 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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