[Python-3000] print() flushing problem.

[Wojciech Walczak]

Hello,

py3k's print() is not flushing when end is set to '' and all it has to
print is one-character-long string:

Python 3.0a1 (py3k, Nov  6 2007, 19:25:33)
[GCC 4.1.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print('x',end='')
>>> print('')
x
>>> print('',end='x')
>>> print('')
x
>>>


It works OK, when string is longer than 1:
>>> print('xx',end='')
xx>>>
>>> print('',end='xx')
xx>>>

When end is not set at all, it is flushing allright, because print()
prints '\n' at the end:
>>> print('x')
x
>>>

What's even stranger - it's sensitive for spaces (or it's just coincidence)
in the strings:
>>> ret=[print(i,end='') for i in list('print is not flushing')]
print is not flushin>>>
>>> print()
g
>>>ret=[print(i,end='') for i in list('printisnotflushing')]
printisnotflushing>>>

>>> for i in list('print is not flushing'):
...    print(i,end='')
...
print is not flushin[3.0a1]>>> print()
g
>>> for i in list('printisnotflushing'):
...    print(i,end='')
...
printisnotflushing>>>


My proposition of patch is in the attachment, but I think that the
problem lies somewhere deeper.


I was testing both bug and patch on Slack 12 and Debian Etch.


Wojtek Walczak
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