[Tutor] Defining functions  Jacob S. keridee at jayco.net Fri
Mar 25 17:02:43 CET 2005  Yeah. And they're thinking of removing
raw_input() too.  I think it's good  to have a __builtin__ user
input function.  Why should we have to import sys  everytime we
want user input? Almost every program that newbies write uses
it, and advanced programmers also if they're using console
programs.  IMHO,  I see no reason to remove it. ## end rant   >
Michael Dunn wrote: >> Something I've always wondered: if
input() is so dangerous, why is it >> there? What valid uses
does it have in the wild? > It's a mistake planned to be removed
in Python 3.0, the "hypothetical  > future release of Python
that can break backwards compatibility with the  > existing body
of Python code." > Python tries very hard to maintain backward
compatibility so things like  > input() are not removed. >
http://www.python.org/peps/pep-3000.html#built-ins > Kent >
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