consistent input() for Python 2 and 3

[Philipp Hagemeister]

On 08/02/2012 11:49 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt wrote:
>   try:
>       # redirect input() to raw_input() like Python 3
>       input = raw_input
>   except NameError:
>       # no raw input, probably running Python 3 already
>       pass
> What do you think? Any better alternatives?

That's the generic solution, see
http://python3porting.com/differences.html#input-and-raw-input .

In my experience, it seems that input's main function is to allow
beginners to learn the language, or to be used in short scripts. For a
serious application, either curses or moving the input to the invocation
arguments is often a better choice.

- Philipp

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