On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > >> On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: >>> Personally, I think stdin is a bit lame as a stimulus source for an >>> interactive program. That's not even what stdin is primarily meant >>> for; stdin is meant to be the input data for a job. Similarly, stdout >>> is meant to be the result of the computation. Stderr, then, is used >>> to deliver optional diagnostic messages, ie, metainfo about the >>> computation. >> >> [...] >> >> Standard streams exist for a reason. > > That's exactly what I said.
And you also described it as "lame" for an interactive program. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
