On Sep 5, 1:51 am, Dero <pict...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sep 5, 2:35 pm, "Mark Tolonen" <metolone+gm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > "DarkBlue" <pict...@gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:b9c0c4ac-5f8f-4133-b928-9e55ab4b2...@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > >I am trying to get used to the new print() syntax prior to installing > > > python 3.1: ... > > Without the following statement, print does not work the "new" way. What > > you are printing is a tuple of the two list elements. > > > from __future__ import print_function ... > I thought in 2.6 both print and print() were equally implemented > without the future import requirement.
That couldn't be done because the print() syntax can't be distinguished from old-style print with a tuple. ~$ python2.6 -c "print(1, 2)" (1, 2) ~$ python3.0 -c "print(1, 2)" 1 2 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list