[Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0
Nick Coghlan
ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 06:45:51 CEST 2005
Terry Reedy wrote:
> "Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote in message
>>- Going from statement to function?
>
>
> Minor. For quickly adding debug prints, two extra ()s are a small burden,
> but if the function were called 'out', then there would still be just five
> keystrokes. Nick's output() convinced me that there are compensations to
> the function form. Besides, having used the argument of aesthetic
> consistency elsewhere, I can hardly deny it to you ;-).
I've added a bit to the wiki to look at different names that have been suggested.
Cheers,
Nick.
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