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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2012-02-02 08:52:33 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2012-02-02 08:52:33 (GMT)
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Clean-up docs for input()
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@@ -592,12 +592,9 @@ available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
Equivalent to ``eval(raw_input(prompt))``.
- .. note::
-
- This function does not catch user errors. It expects a valid Python
- expression as input. If the input is not syntactically valid, a
- :exc:`SyntaxError` will be raised. Other exceptions may be raised if there
- is an error during evaluation.
+ This function does not catch user errors. If the input is not syntactically
+ valid, a :exc:`SyntaxError` will be raised. Other exceptions may be raised if
+ there is an error during evaluation.
If the :mod:`readline` module was loaded, then :func:`input` will use it to
provide elaborate line editing and history features.