Ama Aje My Fren <amaajemyf...@gmail.com> added the comment:

Hi @Chas Belov,

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 1:27 AM Chas Belov <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:

> The tutorial on More on Defining Functions at 
> https://docs.python.org/3.7/tutorial/controlflow.html#more-on-defining-functions
>  is missing most of the >>> and ... screen prompts that show elsewhere in the 
> tutorial. This is potentially confusing to readers.
>
> I am going to attempt a PR by May 26, 2020.

Are those sections really to be entered in the REPL or could they be
seen as independent code blocks in a file e.g.?
>From the dev guide https://devguide.python.org/documenting/#code-examples

> The ellipsis for the sys.ps2 secondary interpreter prompt should only be used 
> sparingly,
> where it is necessary to clearly differentiate between input lines and output 
> lines.
> Besides contributing visual clutter, it makes it difficult for readers to 
> cut-and-paste
> examples so they can experiment with variations.

None of those sections has output ... so maybe not put the ellipsis?

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title: Tutorial 4 More Control Flow Tools missing screen prompts in some code 
blocks -> Tutorial 4.7 More on Defining Functions missing screen prompts

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