Thomas Jollans wrote:
> On Saturday 14 August 2010, it occurred to Frederick
Williams to exclaim:
>> So why the change from print to print()?
> There's no reason for print to be a statement -- it can
just as well be a
> function, which makes the language more regular, and
therefore quite
> possibly easier to learn.
The downside to a print() function is that assigning to
`print` can mask the function, and leave a neophyte without
any way to get output out of the program.
The problem with that downside, I guess, is that rogue
assignment to sys.stdout can kill a print statement just as
dead as a print() function, so the statement's so-called
advantage is not that great.
Mel.
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