In article <mailman.107.1078707454.19534.python-list at python.org>,
Paul Prescod <paul at prescod.net> wrote:
>>This is just a trial balloon. It isn't even in proper PEP format yet. >Don't take it too personally!
Your arguments are persuasive, but I disagree with your conclusions.
Given that almost every programming language has something like "print"
built into it, we can't afford to drop that name. I think you need to
find a path that permits mutation from a reserved word.
The other issue is that you're wrong to make print() a function.
Instead, it should be a callable object. That way, the default print
object has state:
print(a, b, c)
print.set_output(my_file)
print(a, b, c)
print(x, y, z)
print.set_separator(None)
print("The value is: ", 3)
> Debug-useful return value>> As a convenience, if the show function is passed a> single object to show, it returns that object. If> it is passed more then one, it returns them as a> tuple. This can be very convenient in debugging> contexts.
I'm in agreement with the person who said that this would be too
confusing in interactive mode. Then again, if print is an object, it'd
be easy to set this behavior, too.
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