def METHOD_NAME(prompt="", stream=None, input=None):
    # This doesn't save the string in the GNU readline history.
    if not stream:
        stream = sys.stderr
    if not input:
        input = sys.stdin
    prompt = str(prompt)
    if prompt:
        try:
            stream.write(prompt)
        except UnicodeEncodeError:
            # Use replace error handler to get as much as possible printed.
            prompt = prompt.encode(stream.encoding, 'replace')
            prompt = prompt.decode(stream.encoding)
            stream.write(prompt)
        stream.flush()
    # NOTE: The Python C API calls flockfile() (and unlock) during readline.
    line = input.readline()
    if not line:
        raise EOFError
    if line[-1] == '\n':
        line = line[:-1]
    return line