Andre Roberge wrote:

 > The various possibilities mentioned in various forums include:
> 
> ask()
> ask_user()
> get_string()
> input()  # rejected by BDFL
> prompt()
> read()
> user_input()
> get_response()

why not call it "readline", and define it as

     import sys

     def readline():
         return sys.stdin.readline()

?

if you include the definition in the docstring, you get a nice little 
lead-in to a discussion about modules and object access syntax.

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