random...@fastmail.us writes: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013, at 16:52, Chris Angelico wrote: > > There are times when this is correct behaviour - like asking for > > passwords (SSH and sudo work like this). > > Less (or pagers generally, or an interactive text editor that allows > creating a file from standard input) would be another example of a > program where it makes sense to do this.
You're both describing programs that read the console, which is not what the OP was asking for. The OP was asking about re-opening stdin after reaching EOF, which is incoherent as far as I understand it. I'm still waiting for the OP to clarify what they want to do. -- \ “Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they | `\ believe me?” —Jack Handey | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
