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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2007-12-02 15:22:16 (GMT)
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@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ always available.
If *value* is not ``None``, this function prints it to ``sys.stdout``, and saves
it in ``builtins._``.
- ``sys.displayhook`` is called on the result of evaluating an expression entered
- in an interactive Python session. The display of these values can be customized
- by assigning another one-argument function to ``sys.displayhook``.
+ ``sys.displayhook`` is called on the result of evaluating an :term:`expression`
+ entered in an interactive Python session. The display of these values can be
+ customized by assigning another one-argument function to ``sys.displayhook``.
.. function:: excepthook(type, value, traceback)
@@ -536,14 +536,16 @@ always available.
stderr
File objects corresponding to the interpreter's standard input, output and error
- streams. ``stdin`` is used for all interpreter input except for scripts.
- ``stdout`` is used for the output of :func:`print` and expression statements.
- The interpreter's own prompts and (almost all of) its error messages go to
- ``stderr``. ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` needn't be built-in file objects: any
- object is acceptable as long as it has a :meth:`write` method that takes a
- string argument. (Changing these objects doesn't affect the standard I/O
- streams of processes executed by :func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.system` or the
- :func:`exec\*` family of functions in the :mod:`os` module.)
+ streams. ``stdin`` is used for all interpreter input except for scripts but
+ including calls to :func:`input`. ``stdout`` is used for
+ the output of :func:`print` and :term:`expression` statements and for the
+ prompts of :func:`input`. The interpreter's own prompts
+ and (almost all of) its error messages go to ``stderr``. ``stdout`` and
+ ``stderr`` needn't be built-in file objects: any object is acceptable as long
+ as it has a :meth:`write` method that takes a string argument. (Changing these
+ objects doesn't affect the standard I/O streams of processes executed by
+ :func:`os.popen`, :func:`os.system` or the :func:`exec\*` family of functions in
+ the :mod:`os` module.)
.. data:: __stdin__