"Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I take this chance to state my humble opinion. Please keep the print > function print(), not writeln()! "printing stuff" is everyone's > favorite anachronistic expression, even though the output doesn't go to > a printer anymore. We all love it! I know Guido wanted a different > name so that print() could be introduced in python 2 to allow a smooth > transition to python 3, but the disadvantages in lost readability and > familiarity by far outweigh the transition concerns imho.
'prnt(' (or any other temp name) could easily be searched/replaced by 'print(' when the time comes. Terry J. Reedy _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com