What is print? A function?

[Sion Arrowsmith]

Michael Hoffman  <cam.ac.uk at mh391.invalid> wrote:
>Frans Englich wrote:
>> Nah, I don't think it's a function, but rather a builtin "statement". But it's 
>> possible to invoke it as an function; print( "test" ) works fine.
>That is not invoking it as a function. The parentheses are only for 
>ordering the expression on the right
>
>You can do this too:
>
> >>> print("abc"),("def"),("ghi")
>abc def ghi

And for further enlightenment:

.>>> print("abc", "def", "ghi")
('abc', 'def', 'ghi')

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