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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1994-05-03 14:15:32 (GMT)
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Documented -u (unbuffered), undocumented -k (killprint)
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diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index 052240e..7ccc271 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PYTHON "3 January 1994"
+.TH PYTHON "3 May 1994"
.SH NAME
python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ python \- an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
.B \-i
]
[
-.B \-k
+.B \-u
]
[
.B \-v
@@ -58,19 +58,8 @@ command. It does not read the $PYTHONSTARTUP file. This can be
useful to inspect global variables or a stack trace when a script
raises an exception.
.TP
-.B \-k
-This hack, eh, feature is intended to help you to find expression
-statements that print a value. Although a feature of the language, it
-can sometimes be annoying that when a function is called which returns
-a value that is not
-.IR None ,
-the value is printed to standard output, and it is not always easy to
-find which statement is the cause of an unwanted `1', for instance.
-When this option is set, if an expression statement prints its value,
-the exception
-.I RuntimeError
-is raised. The resulting stack trace will help you to track down the
-culprit.
+.B \-u
+Force stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered.
.TP
.B \-v
Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place
@@ -184,9 +173,9 @@ the \fB\-d\fP option.
.IP PYTHONINSPECT
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-i\fP option.
-.IP PYTHONKILLPRINT
+.IP PYTHONUNBUFFERED
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
-the \fB\-k\fP option.
+the \fB\-u\fP option.
.IP PYTHONVERBOSE
If this is set to a non-empty string it is equivalent to specifying
the \fB\-v\fP option.