On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:52:06 +1000, Lie Ryan wrote: > >> On 06/27/10 11:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >>>> > Producing print function takes a little bit more effort than >>>> > producing a print statement. >>> >>> (1) The main use-cases for print are quick (and usually dirty) scripts, >>> interactive use, and as a debugging aid. >> >> That is precisely how the quick-and-dirty syntax of print statement can >> be justified. While debugging, you'll need to be able to quickly add and >> delete prints here and there, and the extra parens can quickly become >> irritating. > > *rolls eyes* > > Not as irritating as people who complain about having to type parentheses.
http://www.xkcd.net/297/ Actually, I agree with this complaint though- it is much easier to type spaces than parens. Geremy Condra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
