[Python-Dev] PEP 259: Omit printing newline after newline

[Steve Holden]

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at lemburg.com> wrote in ...
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> >
> > Please comment on the following.   ...
> >
> > PEP: 259
> > Title: Omit printing newline after newline
[ ... ]
>
> Wouldn't it make sense to only use this technique in inter-
> active mode ?
>
Blerch! I'm agin differences between the behavior of the interpreter
interactively and non-interactively. Reminds me of various Unixoid filters
whose code is full of "am I reading from a pipe" questions. Also, since
interactive mode is so useful for development of code which then gets
grafted into programs it would be confusing to have different behaviors in
two modes. Or am I missing the point?

regards
 Steve