On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 11:02:47 AM UTC+1, BartC wrote:
> On 25/10/2016 07:39, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> >> I gather that non-blocking keyboard input functions aren't the easiest
> >> thing
> >> to implement. They seem to depend on the operating system. Still, ease of
> >> use is a primary goal of Python, and the need for this feature must be
> >> common.
> >
> >
> > Not really. I think that lots of people think they need it, but once they
> > write
> > a little utility, they often realise that it's not that useful.
>
> > If you (generic you, not you specifically) are telling the user "press any
> > key
> > to continue", then you probably shouldn't. *Any* key may not do anything.
> > E.g.
> > if the user hits the Shift key. A much better interface is to specify a
> > specific key, and ignore anything else... in which case, why not specify the
> > Enter key?
> >
> > raw_input('Press the Enter key to continue... ')
>
> Which doesn't work on Python 3. So even here, making it easy by using
> line-input, it's not so straightforward.
>
Just get this http://pythonhosted.org/six/ or similar.
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