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8.2 File input

All input read from non-interactive files has the same form:

file_input:     (NEWLINE | statement)*

This syntax is used in the following situations:

• when parsing a complete Python program (from a file or from a string);

• when parsing a module;

• when parsing a string passed to the exec statement;

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Release 2.1, documentation updated on April 15, 2001.