[Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0 (original) (raw)
Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 01:54:43 CEST 2005
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skip at pobox.com wrote:
>> And good riddance! The print statement harks back to ABC and even >> (unvisual) Basic. Out with it!
Barry> I have to strongly disagree. The print statement is simple, easy Barry> to understand, and easy to use. I'm with Barry. Even for non-debug use the print statement is suitable for the majority of my output.
99.9% of my Python code is test harnesses to run low-level hardware control interface tests, for which printing to stdout works perfectly. Maybe one day I'll stick a GUI on the front end of them, but even then I will probably just be using subprocess to invoke the command line versions behind the scenes.
Cheers, Nick.
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