cmd module "busy waiter" ?

[placid]

Hi all,

Just wondering if the cmd module in python uses "busy waiting" for
"polling" user command input as this is inefficient.

Cheers

[placid]

Re: cmd module "busy waiter" ?


Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:[color=blue]
> On 23 Apr 2006 23:49:51 -0700, "placid" <Bulkan@gmail.c om> declaimed the
> following in comp.lang.pytho n:
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> > Just wondering if the cmd module in python uses "busy waiting" for
> > "polling" user command input as this is inefficient.
> >[/color]
> Use the Source...
>
> At least on 2.3.x...
>
> Last paragraph of the docstring:
>
>
> These interpreters use raw_input; thus, if the readline module is
> loaded,
> they automatically support Emacs-like command history and editing
> features.[/color]



i dont know Emacs, and im using Windows XP (cant find readline module,
only for *nix ), does that mean it still busy waits...

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