[Python-Dev] Incorrect documentation of the raw_inputbuilt-in function
Mike Kent
mike.kent at sage.com
Thu Jan 24 21:14:18 CET 2008
Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes:
>
> > It's entirely likely that the difference in what I am seeing and what you
> > guys
> > are seeing is caused by my not having GNU readline installed. Nevertheless,
> > the behavior without it seems wrong, and is certainly different from the
> > documentation.
>
> Agreed.
>
Being that Guido agrees, should I put a bug report into the system for it, and
if so, which should it report as the bug: the actual behavior of the raw_input
prompt when GNU readline is not installed, or the documentation?
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