Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 04Jan2017 12:20, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: >>I will try to get a minimal example others can run. > > Well I've made some time for this, and it seems to be an interaction with > my python3, the "input" builtin, and readline. Cmd.cmdloop behaves fine if > I turn off the .raw_input attribute, and I can reproduce the issue without > the cmd module. > > Test code: > > import readline > line = input("F> ") > print("gap") > line = input("G> ")
If readline is not used input() writes its prompt to stderr. I don't have a Mac, but it might be worthwhile to investigate what goes where. For comparison here's what happens on my Linux system: $ cat tmp.py import sys if "-r" in sys.argv: import readline print( "uses readline" if "readline" in sys.modules else "no readline" ) line = input("F> ") print("gap") line = input("G> ") $ python3 tmp.py no readline F> alpha gap G> beta $ python3 tmp.py 2>/dev/null no readline alpha gap beta $ python3 tmp.py -r 2>/dev/null uses readline F> alpha gap G> beta -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list