PEP 214, extended print statement

[Aahz Maruch]

[posted & e-mailed]

In article <14746.44861.78992.343012 at anthem.concentric.net>,
Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw at beopen.com> wrote:
>
>Proposal
>
>    This proposal introduces a syntax extension to the print
>    statement, which allows the programmer to optionally specify the
>    output file target.  An example usage is as follows:
>
>        print >> mylogfile, 'this message goes to my log file'

After reading all the discussion, I'm going to weigh in on the side of
sys.writeln().  Note specifically that I'm recommending that this not
pollute the built-ins namespace.
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