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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-31 14:40:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-31 14:40:09 +0000 |
| commit | a7ac20f8a51e6bb4b13d4f682ce42fe82394e677 (patch) | |
| tree | a2fb39960653afea329d50a00a6d81696ddf62e6 | |
| parent | 700a6350917ee6a6e760cb357723912588d1af5c (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-a7ac20f8a51e6bb4b13d4f682ce42fe82394e677.tar.gz | |
#3010: clarification about stdin/use_rawinput.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/cmd.rst b/Doc/library/cmd.rst index 738214f389..5782b5bfae 100644 --- a/Doc/library/cmd.rst +++ b/Doc/library/cmd.rst @@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ interface. The optional arguments *stdin* and *stdout* specify the input and output file objects that the Cmd instance or subclass instance will use for input and - output. If not specified, they will default to *sys.stdin* and *sys.stdout*. + output. If not specified, they will default to :data:`sys.stdin` and + :data:`sys.stdout`. + + If you want a given *stdin* to be used, make sure to set the instance's + :attr:`use_rawinput` attribute to ``False``, otherwise *stdin* will be + ignored. .. versionchanged:: 2.3 The *stdin* and *stdout* parameters were added. |