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8.3 Interactive input

Input in interactive mode is parsed using the following grammar:

interactive_input: [stmt_list] NEWLINE | compound_stmt NEWLINE

Note that a (top-level) compound statement must be followed by a blank line in interactive mode; this is needed to help the parser detect the end of the input.

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Release 2.1.3, documentation updated on April 8, 2002.