end of print = lower productivity ?

[alex23]

On Dec 2, 5:12 am, Alan G Isaac <ais... at american.edu> wrote:
> One obvious cost is that working at the
> interpreter prompt is now slightly less
> convenient.

Not if you use IPython:

IPython 0.8.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?       -> Introduction to IPython's features.
%magic  -> Information about IPython's 'magic' % functions.
help    -> Python's own help system.
object? -> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.

In [1]: def prnt(x): print x
   ...:

In [2]: prnt "test"
------> prnt("test")
test

In [3]: prnt 1+1
------> prnt(1+1)
2

> My preferred transition would have been to
> retain the `print` statement but add a `printf`
> function (i.e., the new `print` function).
> Presumably many would find this a repulsive
> redundancy and a needless maintenance headache.

Not to mention the endless "Which should I use, print or print()?"
questions this list would get.