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@encukou encukou commented Mar 19, 2026 •
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See Discourse discussion. I'm sending a PR to get my suggestion rendered.

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  • Issue: Change input() to always prompt to stderr #46221

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docs: input asks the user for data; the mechanism is a detail
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@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot added docs Documentation in the Doc dir skip news labels Mar 19, 2026
@github-project-automation github-project-automation Bot moved this to Todo in Docs PRs Mar 19, 2026
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Comment thread Doc/library/functions.rst
Comment on lines +1027 to +1028
The may be used to
provide similar functionality.

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This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.
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Change input() to always prompt to stderr #46221
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@jaraco jaraco changed the title docs: input asks the user for data; the mechanism is a detail gh-46221: docs: input asks the user for data; the mechanism is a detail May 18, 2026
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Comment thread Doc/library/functions.rst
When EOF is read, :exc:`EOFError` is raised.

If this exact behavior is required, implement it explicitly instead
of calling :func:`!input`::

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I thought input was providing me with this low-level behaviour!

How sure are you that the specification in these previous paragraphs is a CPython implementation detail and not the Python builtin spec?

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