[Python-Dev] extended print statement, uPre-PEP

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

First I want to say, that I use the print statement mainly
for debugging and for "print func.__doc__" in the shell,
but I would be very unhappy to see it go away.

quasi patch for readline:

Moshe Zadka wrote:
> 
> Reference implementation:
> 
> def writeln(*args, **kw):
>         import sys
>         file = sys.stdout
>         end = '\n'
+         joinstring = ' '
>         if kw.has_key("file"):
>                 file = kw['file']
>                 del kw['file']
+         if kw.has_key("join"):
+                 joinstring = kw['join']
+                 del kw['join']
>         if kw.has_key("nl"):
>                 if not kw['nl']:
!                         end = joinstring
>                 del kw['nl']
!         file.write(joinstring.join(map(str, args))+end)

Or this one <wink>:

def writeln(*args, **kw):
  import sys
  file = sys.stdout
  end = ''
  if kw.has_key("file"):
    sys.stdout = kw['file']
    del kw['file']
  if kw.has_key("nl"):
    if not kw['nl']:
      end = ','
    del kw['nl']
  exec("print "+", ".join(map(repr,args))+end)

having-slept-for-three-hours-ly y'rs
Peter
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