Sion Arrowsmith enlightened us with:
> You're assuming that the tester is already familiar with a text
> editor.

Indeed. Someone working on a test suite sounded like someone who knows
how to work with a text editor.

> And then they would have to learn the syntax of the configuration
> file, and the parameters available.

True. Thorough comments and a clear syntax help a long way.

> A point-and-drool interface requires no such learning.

But that's not what you get with raw_input().

Sybren
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