Pep 3105: the end of print?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:29:17 +1100, Peter Mayne wrote:

> Why use print in the interactive interpreter? Just type the expression.

Many reasons. Here are four:

>>> print None
None
>>> None
>>> print 0.1
0.1
>>> 0.1
0.10000000000000001
>>> print 'null = \0'
null =
>>> 'null = \0'
'null = \x00'
>>> print 1, 2, 3
1 2 3
>>> 1, 2, 3
(1, 2, 3)


I'm sure you can find your own examples.


-- 
Steven.