Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Subject	Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in
Date	2014-08-27 11:31 +0200
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Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

> Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>:
> 
>> In addition to what already has been said: you can switch off output
>> buffering of stdout/stderr with
>>
>> python -u out.py
>>
>> or by setting the PYTHONUNBUFFERED environment variable.
> 
> Very often such externalities are not in the control of the application
> developer.

Sometimes it's possible to use a wrapper script rather than to sprinkle your 
code with flush(). 

Sometimes the "offending" python script is not even written and maintained 
by you, and setting an environment variable may be a price you are willing 
to pay to keep it that way.

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    Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-08-27 06:37 +0000
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  Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-08-27 16:02 +1000
  Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-08-27 09:42 +0200
    Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-08-27 11:39 +0300
      Re: Reading from sys.stdin reads the whole file in Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-08-27 11:31 +0200

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