stdout and stderr anomalies

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Published on 2010-06-07T12:48:56Z Indexed on 2010/06/07 12:52 UTC
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from the interactive prompt:

>>> import sys
>>> sys.stdout.write('is the')
is the6

what is '6' doing there?

another example:

>>> for i in range(3):
...     sys.stderr.write('new black')
... 
9
9
9
new blacknew blacknew black

where are the numbers coming from?

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