Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Mon Dec 5 11:13:41 EST 2011

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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
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> Is there a way to erase the character other than backspacing, writing a
> space, then backspacing again? That feels inelegant.

Emitting "\b \b" is one very common way to do a destructive backspace.
Inelegant? Perhaps, but a common inelegance.

ChrisA

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