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diff Doc/libsys.tex @ 6662:fbfcf38d2b39 legacy-trunk
Documented brand new behavior of sys.ps1 and sys.ps2 (str() is applied
to get the actual prompt).
| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> |
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| date | Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:12:27 +0000 |
| parents | a7ea74a27993 |
| children | c5bfb1de61a5 |
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--- a/Doc/libsys.tex Tue Nov 25 20:58:13 1997 +0000 +++ b/Doc/libsys.tex Tue Nov 25 21:12:27 1997 +0000 @@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ Strings specifying the primary and secondary prompt of the interpreter. These are only defined if the interpreter is in interactive mode. Their initial values in this case are - \code{'>>> '} and \code{'... '}. + \code{'>>> '} and \code{'... '}. If a non-string object is assigned + to either variable, its \code{str()} is re-evaluated each time the + interpreter prepares to read a new interactive command; this can be + used to implement a dynamic prompt. \end{datadesc} \begin{funcdesc}{setcheckinterval}{interval}