I ran into a very strange behaviour of raw_input().
I hope somebody can tell me how to fix this.
(Or is this a problem in the python source?)
I will explain the problem by using 3 examples. (Sorry, long email)
The first two examples are behaving normal, the thirth is
strange.......
I wrote the following flabbergasting code:
#-------------------------------------------------------------
print "1: This is the print statement."
# Now halt the program until someone hits enter
raw_input("2: This is the raw_input prompt.")
import sys
print "3: This is a possible solution. ",
sys.stdout.flush()
command = sys.stdin.readline()
#-------------------------------------------------------------
and saved it in the file 'script.py'.
*** First, normal behaviour to stdout
Now, I open a command line and run the following command:
python script.py
On screen appears, after a few 'enter' keys:
1: This is the print statement.
2: This is the raw_input prompt.
3: This is a possible solution.
All works fine......
*** Second, redirected stdout to file, normal behaviour.
>From the command prompt I run:
python script.py > stdout_catch.txt
The screen stays empty, and after a few 'enter' keys the prompt
reapears.
In the file 'stdout_catch.txt' are the lines:
1: This is the print statement.
2: This is the raw_input prompt.
3: This is a possible solution.
And again, all works fine......
*** Thirst, redirect stderr to file, STRANGE behaviour......
>From the command prompt I run:
python script.py 2> stderr_catch.txt
This should redirect strerr to the file and stdout should stay on the
screen.
But..... What happens?
After a few 'enter' keys, on screen apears:
1: This is the print statement.
3: This is a possible solution.
WHERE IS THE SECOND LINE?
It is in the file stderr_catch.txt!!!
**** See the problem?
Please Tell me? Why is the prompt produced by raw_input() printed to
the error channel? It should be stdout, just as the print statement
does.
Looking at the python source code on
http://svn.python.org/view/python/tags/r251/Python/bltinmodule.c?rev=54864&view=auto
[found: 'builtin_raw_input(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)'].
One thing that I notice is that the code checks whether stdin and
stdout are connected to a terminal ("isatty" function), but I do not
know why the prompt ends up on stderr then.....
**** What is the solution?
I have noticed this behaviour under DOS in Windows XP, Windows 2000,
Windows 2003 Server, Windows vista, and Linux. How do I get
raw_input() to send it's prompt to stdout?
Friendly greetings
Rens
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