On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:39:08 -0700 Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:57 AM, ronald brown <rbrown...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> print 'Hello, world!' > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > >>>> > > Installed 3 times. Used uninstall in program files and control > > panel. Followed directions on video for 3.1 > > Read the fine docs: > http://docs.python.org/release/3.0.1/whatsnew/3.0.html#print-is-a-function > Python 3 has several backward-incompatible syntax changes. One of them > is that the print statement was removed and replaced with a print() > function. > Sort of serious proposal here: Would it make sense to display a big, fat warning during the install process (and possibly on the first few invocations of the interpreter) to the effect that "If you're starting to learn Python, make sure you're using a Python 3 tutorial!".
This seems to throw a lot of people, and I don't see it going away too soon. So maybe this might help? /W -- INVALID? DE! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
