[Python-Dev] Incorrect documentation of the raw_input built-in function

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    Mike> 2. Is this really the hard-coded behavior we want?  I don't think
    Mike>    my use-case is that odd; in fact, what I find very odd is that
    Mike>    the prompt output is send to stderr.  I mean, I'm printing the
    Mike>    prompt for a question, not some error message. Can there not at
    Mike>    least be an optional parameter to indicate that you want the
    Mike>    output sent to stdout rather than stderr?

I can think of situations where you don't want the output to go to stdout
either (suppose it's the regular output of the file you want to save to a
file).  Having a choice seems the best route.