Pep 3105: the end of print?

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Fri Feb 16 11:38:28 EST 2007


Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:32:21 +1100, Steven D'Aprano 
>> [snip]
>>
>> I don't think that follows at all. print is only a problem if you expect
>> your code to work under both Python 2.x and 3.x. I wouldn't imagine
>> that many people are going to expect that: I know I don't.
> 
> I think some people are confused that the language "Python 3.x" has "Python"
> in its name, since there is already a language with "Python" in its name,
> with which it is not compatible.
> 
Right. Let's call Python 3.0 something different but related. How about 
"snake oil"? ;-)

regards
  Steve
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