[Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0 (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 03:13:21 CEST 2005

Paul Moore wrote:

No-one is saying "crucial". We're just expressing opinions. But so are those (even Guido!) who want to remove the print statement. No-one has come up with a genuine, objective benefit to removing it (that I can see). If there isn't one, then we're left with preferences, and Guido's trumps everyone else's. You (as someone who agrees with Guido) don't have anything to prove. Those of us who want to change Guido's mind need to impress him with the strength of our opinions :-).

"Print as statement" => printing sequences nicely is a pain "Print as function" => extended call syntax deals with sequences nicely

"Print as statement" => can't easily change the separator "Print as function" => keyword argument handles the separator nicely

"Print as statement" => trailing comma suppresses newline by magic "Print as function" => keyword argument handles the line terminator nicely

"Print as statement" => redirection is via a magic symbol "Print as function" => keyword argument handles redirection nicely

"Print as statement" => can't easily save 'settings' for re-use "Print as function" => can use functional.partial to create custom version

See my other post where I present a Python 2.4 implementation of a function called "output" which does everything I describe above.

Cheers, Nick.

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