Re: suggestion: implicit sys.stdout.flush with :print

Scott Henry Harrison wrote:

> A suggestion. 
> 
> Would it make sense to make an implicit
> sys.stdout.flush() with :print commands? 
> 
> I doubt the performance penalty would
> be significant, and it might make the
> streaming output on their terminal more
> real-time (as well as actually seeing
> messages prompting for input). 

Output to a terminal should be automatically flushed at each newline.

In which situation do you see a problem with viewing the output?

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