cmd module "busy waiter" ?

[placid]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On 23 Apr 2006 23:49:51 -0700, "placid" <Bulkan at gmail.com> declaimed the
> following in comp.lang.python:
>
> > Just wondering if the cmd module in python uses "busy waiting" for
> > "polling" user command input as this is inefficient.
> >
> 	Use the Source...
>
> 	At least on 2.3.x...
>
> 	Last paragraph of the docstring:
>
>
> These interpreters use raw_input; thus, if the readline module is
> loaded,
> they automatically support Emacs-like command history and editing
> features.



i dont know Emacs, and im using Windows XP (cant find readline module,
only for *nix ), does that mean it still busy waits...


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