In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Simo Melenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've sometimes replaced sys.stdout (and/or sys.stderr) to > capture/redirect debugging information in existing code that has > unwisely just "print"ed error and warning messages, instead of using > sys.stderr or error logging modules. > > py> def with_output_to_string (func): > ... try: > ... sys.stdout = StringIO.StringIO () > ... func () > ... return sys.stdout.getvalue () > ... finally: > ... sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__ Aargh, I can't believe how widespread this idiom is :-(. See my other reply in this thread: DON'T use sys.__stdout__. Ever. Just -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
