smtplib's __main__ doesn't flush when prompting

[anacrolix]

BPO	12448
Nosy	@rhettinger, @ezio-melotti, @bitdancer, @anacrolix, @akheron
Files	smtplib_main_prompt.patch

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assignee = 'https://github.com/ezio-melotti'
closed_at = <Date 2011-10-18.10:29:29.651>
created_at = <Date 2011-06-30.06:20:26.410>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library']
title = "smtplib's __main__ doesn't flush when prompting"
updated_at = <Date 2011-10-18.10:29:29.628>
user = 'https://github.com/anacrolix'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue12448'
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[anacrolix]

The smptlib module's __main__ doesn't flush stdout when prompting:

        sys.stdout.write(prompt + ": ")
        return sys.stdin.readline().strip()

stdout is usually line buffered, and so running python3 smptlib.py doesn't actually prompt the user.

The line sys.stdout.flush() needs to be added.

[akheron]

Behaves incorrectly for me, too. Attached a patch with the suggested fix.

[rhettinger]

Looks good.
Thx.

[akheron]

Raymond: Would you also like to commit the patch? :)

[python-dev]

New changeset 2c50343d0500 by Ezio Melotti in branch '3.2':
bpo-12448: smtplib now flushes stdout while running python -m smtplib
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2c50343d0500

New changeset e08397a5537a by Ezio Melotti in branch 'default':
bpo-12448: merge with 3.2.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e08397a5537a

[ezio-melotti]

Fixed, thanks for the patch!