> > > > That said, I'm neither here nor there when it comes to > > using print-as-a-statement vs print-as-a-function. I like > > the consistency it brings to the language, but miss the > > simplicity that Py2 had for new users. I'd almost want to > > get it back as a feature of the REPL, even if it wasn't > > part of the language itself, > > Agreed on that point. At least bring it back in the REPL. > The removal of the finger friendly print statement has > caused more tension in this community than any feature of > such small stature should ever cause. > > >>> x = 42 >>> x 42
x (1 keystroke) is easy to type than `print x` (7 keystrokes). While sometimes print(x) is different x (which uses repr), it's enough for most cases. So I can't agree it's REPL unfriendly. BTW, IPython is nice REPL and it has parenthee free function call. I recommend you to use it if you're not happy with builtin REPL. Regards, -- Inada Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
