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Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ?

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Devin Jeanpierre, 26.06.2012 08:15:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Steven D'Aprano
>> Making print a statement in the first place was a mistake, but
>> fortunately it was a simple enough mistake to rectify once the need for
>> backward compatibility was relaxed.
> 
> Hmmm, why is the function so much better than the statement? You like
> using it in expressions? Or is it that you like passing it in as a
> callback?

First of all, the statement has a rather special syntax that is not obvious
and practically non-extensible. It also has hidden semantics that are hard
to explain and mixes formatting with output - soft-space, anyone?

The function is straight forward, configurable, does one thing, works with
help() and doesn't get in the way. And something as rarely[1] used as a
print simply doesn't deserve special syntax. Oh, and, yes, you can even
pass it into some code as callback, although I rarely had a need for that.

Stefan


[1] Seriously, it's not very helpful in interactive mode and too simplistic
to be used in application code. Even scripts often work better with logging
than with prints.

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Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Michiel Overtoom <motoom@xs4all.nl> - 2012-06-25 12:10 +0200
  Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-25 19:28 -0700
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    Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-26 08:24 +0200
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      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 20:32 -0700
  Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-06-25 19:28 -0700
    Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-26 03:35 +0000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-06-26 00:33 -0400
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 02:15 -0400
        Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-26 07:40 +0000
      Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2012-06-26 08:34 +0200
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          Re: Why has python3 been created as a seperate language where there is still python2.7 ? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-28 04:32 +0000
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