[issue32656] writing to stdout prints extraneous size character

2018-01-24 Thread Zachary Ware
Zachary Ware added the comment: This is not a bug, it's a side effect of using the REPL for this test and not assigning the return value of `sys.stdout.write` to anything. Try the following: >>> import sys >>> character_count = sys.stdout.write('python\n') # note trailing newline python >>>

[issue32656] writing to stdout prints extraneous size character

2018-01-24 Thread Zachary Ware
Zachary Ware added the comment: Of course, I realize after clicking "submit" that my character count there is actually wrong, and should be 7. That's what I get for writing out the example instead of actually running and copying it :) -- ___ Pytho

[issue32656] writing to stdout prints extraneous size character

2018-01-24 Thread David Albert Torpey
New submission from David Albert Torpey : $ python3.5 Python 3.5.3 (v3.5.3:1880cb95a742, Jan 16 2017, 08:49:46) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> sys.stdout.write('python') python6 -