Re: what's the big deal for print()

From	Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject	Re: what's the big deal for print()
Date	2011-06-24 23:54 -0400
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On 6/24/2011 10:39 PM, pipehappy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why people want print() instead of print str? That's not a big deal
> and the old choice is more natural. Anyone has some clue?

print as a function instead of a statement is consistent with input as a 
function, can be overridden with custom versions, can be passed to 
functions as an argument, and can have options passed as arguments 
instead of with terrible syntax hacks.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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what's the big deal for print() pipehappy <pipehappy@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 19:39 -0700
  Re: what's the big deal for print() John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-06-25 03:23 +0000
    Re: what's the big deal for print() steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info - 2011-06-25 14:01 +1000
      Re: what's the big deal for print() Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-27 08:23 +0000
  Re: what's the big deal for print() Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-06-24 23:54 -0400

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