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

[Brett Cannon]

On 12/22/06, Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/22/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> > Andre Roberge wrote:
> >
> >  > The various possibilities mentioned in various forums include:
> > >
> > > ask()
> > > ask_user()
> > > get_string()
> > > input()  # rejected by BDFL
> > > prompt()
> > > read()
> > > user_input()
> > > get_response()
> >
> > why not call it "readline", and define it as
> >
> >      import sys
> >
> >      def readline():
> >          return sys.stdin.readline()
> >
> > ?
> >
> > if you include the definition in the docstring, you get a nice little
> > lead-in to a discussion about modules and object access syntax.
>
> +1.  This also makes it clearer that a whole line is read in. So if
> you want to, say, read a single character at a time (a frequent c.l.py
> question) you'll know you have to do something else.
>

+1 from me as well, although as Ron suggested, you probably want to
strip off the newline if we are targetting this to new programmers.

-Brett