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that it entails.
.TP
.B \-u
-Force stdin, stdout and stderr to be totally unbuffered. On systems
-where it matters, also put stdin, stdout and stderr in binary mode.
-Note that there is internal buffering in readlines() and
-file-object iterators ("for line in sys.stdin") which is not
-influenced by this option. To work around this, you will want to use
-"sys.stdin.readline()" inside a "while 1:" loop.
+Force the binary I/O layers of stdin, stdout and stderr to be unbuffered.
+The text I/O layer will still be line-buffered.
+.\" Note that there is internal buffering in readlines() and
+.\" file-object iterators ("for line in sys.stdin") which is not
+.\" influenced by this option. To work around this, you will want to use
+.\" "sys.stdin.readline()" inside a "while 1:" loop.
.TP
.B \-v
Print a message each time a module is initialized, showing the place