[Python-Dev] PEP 214, extended print statement

Thomas Wouters thomas@xs4all.net
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:54:16 +0200


On Thu, Aug 17, 2000 at 03:29:05AM -0400, Tim Peters wrote:
> [Moshe Zadka]
> > Ummmmm......
> >
> > print to myfile  (print a newline on myfile)
> > print to, myfile (print to+" "+myfile to stdout)
> 
> Like I (and Greg too) clearly said all along, -1 on changing ">>" to "to"!

Really ? Hmmmm...

[Greg Ewing]
> Looks reasonably good. Not entirely sure I like the look
> of >> though -- a bit too reminiscent of C++.
>
> How about
>
>    print to myfile, x, y, z

[Barry Warsaw]
> Not bad at all.  Seems quite Pythonic to me.

[Tim Peters]
> Me too!  +1 on changing ">>" to "to" here.  Then we can introduce
[print from etc]

I guessed I missed the sarcasm ;-P

Gullib-ly y'rs,
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