Disable output buffering

Is output buffering enabled by default in Python's interpreter for sys.stdout?

If the answer is positive, what are all the ways to disable it?

Suggestions so far:

1. Use the -u command line switch
2. Wrap sys.stdout in an object that flushes after every write
3. Set PYTHONUNBUFFERED env var
4. sys.stdout = os.fdopen(sys.stdout.fileno(), 'w', 0)

Is there any other way to set some global flag in sys/sys.stdout programmatically during execution?

_{If you just want to flush after a specific write using print, see How can I flush the output of the print function?.}

From Magnus Lycka answer on a mailing list:

You can skip buffering for a whole python process using python -u or by setting the environment variable PYTHONUNBUFFERED.

You could also replace sys.stdout with some other stream like wrapper which does a flush after every call.

class Unbuffered(object):
   def __init__(self, stream):
       self.stream = stream
   def write(self, data):
       self.stream.write(data)
       self.stream.flush()
   def writelines(self, datas):
       self.stream.writelines(datas)
       self.stream.flush()
   def __getattr__(self, attr):
       return getattr(self.stream, attr)

import sys
sys.stdout = Unbuffered(sys.stdout)
print 'Hello'