In <c34119f1-3e04-419d-8dd9-07dd4c648...@googlegroups.com> "D. Xenakis"
<gouzouna...@hotmail.com> writes:
> Can someone post here a script example with sys.stdout.flush(), where in
> case i commented that i could understand what the difference really would
> be?
Depending what sys.stdout is connected to (a file, the screen, a pipe,
etc.), data doesn't necessarily get written right away. In particular,
screen output often waits until it receives a newline before displaying
anything.
flush() makes sure it all gets written *right now*.
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