On 15 May 2013 22:21, Marc Tompkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Alan Gauld <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> And C's printf() returns the number of chars printed.
>> I actually wish python had followed suit because, as Marc says,
>> it can occasionally be useful...
>>
>
> I wonder if this would be a good PEP suggestion? Unlike the switch from
> print to print(), I think this could be done in a future-proof way...
>
It would be a bit confusing in an interactive session:
>>> def print_(data):
... print(data)
... return len(data)
...
>>> print_('asd')
asd
3
Oscar
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