It might still be worth saying something like: Note that this "python <file" does something subtly different; the details are not included in this tutorial.
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:18 AM, georg.brandl <python-check...@python.org> wrote: > Author: georg.brandl > Date: Tue Dec 28 10:18:24 2010 > New Revision: 87523 > > Log: > Remove confusing paragraph -- this is relevant only to advanced users anyway > and does not belong into the tutorial. > > Modified: > python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst > > Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst > ============================================================================== > --- python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst (original) > +++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst Tue Dec 28 10:18:24 > 2010 > @@ -58,14 +58,6 @@ > ``python -m module [arg] ...``, which executes the source file for *module* > as > if you had spelled out its full name on the command line. > > -Note that there is a difference between ``python file`` and ``python > -<file``. In the latter case, input requests from the program, such as > calling > -``sys.stdin.read()``, are satisfied from *file*. Since this file has already > -been read until the end by the parser before the program starts executing, > the > -program will encounter end-of-file immediately. In the former case (which is > -usually what you want) they are satisfied from whatever file or device is > -connected to standard input of the Python interpreter. > - > When a script file is used, it is sometimes useful to be able to run the > script > and enter interactive mode afterwards. This can be done by passing > :option:`-i` > before the script. (This does not work if the script is read from standard > _______________________________________________ > Python-checkins mailing list > python-check...@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-checkins > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
