> There needs to be a "user_io" or "sanitize" module in the standard > library to take care of this stuff. [snip]
+1 You are sooo right. You know, it is easy to forget about such things after you learn a language, i have written my own input logic, but i remember my __init__ days with python now and the learning curve. Every new user will makes much use of raw_input()[or input 3.0] and has to climb this same little hill every time, you and i do it as second nature. A small module like you describe would be a great addition to the standard library, and heck, i would even use it :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
