#12448: smtplib now flushes stdout while running ``python -m smtplib``
in order to display the prompt correctly. Patch by Petri Lehtinen.
diff --git a/Lib/smtplib.py b/Lib/smtplib.py
index 13c56e1..fbef96e 100644
--- a/Lib/smtplib.py
+++ b/Lib/smtplib.py
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@
def prompt(prompt):
sys.stdout.write(prompt + ": ")
+ sys.stdout.flush()
return sys.stdin.readline().strip()
fromaddr = prompt("From")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fbba9b1..d610ff4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #12448: smtplib now flushes stdout while running ``python -m smtplib``
+ in order to display the prompt correctly.
+
- Issue #13194: zlib.compressobj().copy() and zlib.decompressobj().copy() are
now available on Windows.