On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 11:28:17 PM UTC-8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 5) print statement/function. Py3 forces you to put parentheses on it, > which is no different from C's printf() or Pike's write() or any > number of other languages where console I/O needs no language support. > Maybe a tiny TINY advantage to Py2 in the short term, but as soon as > you introduce the less basic features, keyword arguments are way > better than the magic syntax the statement needs. (Also, trying to > explain the interaction between the print statement's "soft space" and > other console I/O is not easy.) By the time you've really learned the > language, the advantage belongs to Py3. Another advantage to the Py3 print function over the Py2 print statement is that it makes redirecting output SO much easier. If I write a function that might sometimes print output to the console, and might at some other time print to a GUI window, or to a log file, I can just pass in the relevant output function name as an argument to my own function. This is very helpful, and I use it often. I teach my new Python students to write their application's core logic, without regards to any GUI. Later, when I teach them to use a GUI, building it is easier because the process is modular. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
