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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-07-24 18:56:17 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1998-07-24 18:56:17 (GMT)
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Changes copied from the FrameMaker version. Hardly anything (but then
this is the shortest chapter.) Hurray, I'm done with this!
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref8.tex b/Doc/ref/ref8.tex
index 25789a0..fe83594 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref8.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref8.tex
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ initialized environment: all built-in and standard modules are
available, but none have been initialized, except for \module{sys}
(various system services), \module{__builtin__} (built-in functions,
exceptions and \code{None}) and \module{__main__}. The latter is used
-to provide the local and global name space for execution of the
+to provide the local and global namespace for execution of the
complete program.
\refbimodindex{sys}
\refbimodindex{__main__}
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ described in the next section.
The interpreter may also be invoked in interactive mode; in this case,
it does not read and execute a complete program but reads and executes
one statement (possibly compound) at a time. The initial environment
-is identical to that of a complete program; each statement is executed
-in the name space of \module{__main__}.
+is identical to that of a coplete program; each statement is executed
+in the namespace of \module{__main__}.
\index{interactive mode}
\refbimodindex{__main__}
@@ -80,19 +80,18 @@ end of the input.
There are two forms of expression input. Both ignore leading
whitespace.
-
The string argument to \function{eval()} must have the following form:
\bifuncindex{eval}
\begin{verbatim}
-eval_input: condition_list NEWLINE*
+eval_input: expression_list NEWLINE*
\end{verbatim}
The input line read by \function{input()} must have the following form:
\bifuncindex{input}
\begin{verbatim}
-input_input: condition_list NEWLINE
+input_input: expression_list NEWLINE
\end{verbatim}
Note: to read `raw' input line without interpretation, you can use the