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

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 16:50:35 CEST 2005


Paolino wrote:

Nick Coghlan wrote:

If an iterator wants to behave like that, the iterator should define the appropriate str method. Otherwise, just break it up into multiple lines:

write(1, 2, [3,4]) write(*(c for c in 'abc')) This cannot accept keyword args(I wonder if this is a bug), which makes it a non compatible solution with the rest of yours.

Actually, it's an ordering quirk in the parser - the extended call syntax stuff has to come last in the function call, which means we need to put the keyword arguments at the front:

Py> writeln(sep=', ', (xx for x in range(10))) 0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81

I personally believe keyword arguments should be allowed between *args and **kwds at the call site, and keyword-only arguments after * in the function definition, but the current behaviour has never bothered me enough for me to look into what would be required to change it.

Cheers, Nick.

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