Alf P. Steinbach wrote: [...] > The main problem with the incompatibility is for porting code, not for > writing code from scratch. It's also a problem wrt. learning the > language. And I see no good reason for it: print can't really do more, > or less, or more conveniently (rather, one has to write a bit more now > for same effect).
Of course it can do more: it allows you to layer your own print functionality into the system much more easily than you could with the print statement. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon is coming! Atlanta, Feb 2010 http://us.pycon.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ UPCOMING EVENTS: http://holdenweb.eventbrite.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list