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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-03-24 19:17:35 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-03-24 19:17:35 (GMT)
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Document use_rawinput. (Although now that I think more about it, a
better solution would have been to factor out the raw_input() call and make it into an overridable method. Oh well, maybe later...)
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@@ -138,4 +138,9 @@ headers. If empty, no ruler line is drawn. It defaults to
\character{=}.
\end{memberdesc}
-
+\begin{memberdesc}{use_rawinput}
+A flag, defaulting to true. If true, \method{cmdloop()} uses
+\function{raw_input()} to display a prompt and read the next command;
+if false, \function{sys.stdout.write()} and
+\function{sys.stdin.readline()} are used.
+\end{memberdesc}