I use input() all the time. I know many people say it ain't safe, but whose going to use it to crash their own comp? Only an insane person would, or a criminal trying to cover his/her tracks.
Sorry if I waded into the debate, but this debate originated from one of my posts. Nathan Pinno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Thorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <python-list@python.org> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Who uses input()? [was Re: question on "input"] > On 15/07/05, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thursday 14 July 2005 07:00 am, Michael Hoffman wrote: >> > Devan L wrote: >> > > Use raw_input instead. It returns a string of whatever was typed. Input >> > > expects a valid python expression. >> > >> > Who actually uses this? It's equivalent to eval(raw_input(prompt)) but >> > causes a lot of newbie confusion. Python-dev archives revealed that >> > someone tried to get this deprecated but Guido disagreed. >> >> I don't think it should disappear, but it *does* seem more sensible for >> "raw_input" to be called "input" (or "readstring" or some such thing) and >> "input" to vanish into greater obscurity as "eval_input" or something. >> >> Unfortunately, that would break code if anything relied on "input", so I >> guess that would be a Py3K idea, and maybe the whole I/O concept >> will be rethought then (if the "print" statement is going to go away, >> anyway). > > I don't see as "break input() using code" -> "not until py3k" as a > logical cause/effect. No one should be using input() anyway, the only > place it's at-all appropriate is in a python tutorial, with the 'guess > the number' game. > > -- > Stephen Thorne > Development Engineer > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
