From ee9f820cf118d2b88a74fe35b3f7e9476ea40b1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 21:12:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documented brand new behavior of sys.ps1 and sys.ps2 (str() is applied to get the actual prompt). --- Doc/lib/libsys.tex | 5 ++++- Doc/libsys.tex | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 1e256af75d..46c0186e5d 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ where \emph{VER} is equal to \code{sys.version[:3]}. 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} diff --git a/Doc/libsys.tex b/Doc/libsys.tex index 1e256af75d..46c0186e5d 100644 --- a/Doc/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/libsys.tex @@ -167,7 +167,10 @@ where \emph{VER} is equal to \code{sys.version[:3]}. 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} -- 2.40.0