[Python-3000] Pre-PEP: Simple input built-in in Python 3000

[Calvin Spealman]

On 12/23/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> On 12/23/06, Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was reading the thread and wanted to make a comment about the "input
> > from a GUI". It should be noted that whatever the names of these
> > functions, or their allowed parameters, etc., the idea of them being
> > more than console IO should be allowed for. The builtins should be
> > easily redefinable when you run a script (at least optionally, in the
> > future) to use a simply prompt GUI and dialogs, etc. Even if the
> > script was written without such in mind.
> >
> > Is this too much to consider?
>
> It is already easy enough to replace any built-in in a specific
> environment. I don't think we need to make this part of the spec for
> input(). For example, it should be trivial to write a little driver
> program that takes a script file and further arguments (for the
> script) and runs the script in an environment where stdout/stderr go
> to a Tkinter text window (or Gtk, or whatever) and input() pops up
> some kind of dialog, for example. IDLE does something like this; its
> input() reads from the console window.
>
> --
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
>

I was meaning to say that the functions be defined such, just that the
idea is kept in mind throughout the discussions about them and thus
nothing is done to make such usages less nice. For example, this would
be additional reason to avoid newlines in the input.

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