[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> And good riddance! The print statement harks back to ABC and even
> >> (unvisual) Basic. Out with it!
>
> Barry> I have to strongly disagree. The print statement is simple, easy
> Barry> to understand, and easy to use.
>
> I'm with Barry. Even for non-debug use the print statement is suitable for
> the majority of my output.
99.9% of my Python code is test harnesses to run low-level hardware control
interface tests, for which printing to stdout works perfectly. Maybe one day
I'll stick a GUI on the front end of them, but even then I will probably just
be using subprocess to invoke the command line versions behind the scenes.
Cheers,
Nick.
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Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia
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