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See Discourse discussion. I'm sending a PR to get my suggestion rendered.


📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--146161.org.readthedocs.build/

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The may be used to
provide similar functionality.

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It looks like there is a word missing between The and may.

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This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

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@jaracojaraco changed the title docs: input asks the user for data; the mechanism is a detailgh-46221: docs: input asks the user for data; the mechanism is a detailMay 18, 2026
When EOF is read, :exc:`EOFError` is raised.

If this exact behavior is required, implement it explicitly instead
of calling :func:`!input`::

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I thought input was providing me with this low-level behaviour!

How sure are you that the specification in these previous paragraphs is a CPython implementation detail and not the Python builtin spec?

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