Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r61709 - python/trunk/Doc/library/functions.rst python/trunk/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst python/trunk/Doc/library/python.rst

Jim Jewett wrote:

In 2.5, the print statement ignores any overrides of the str builtin, but I'm not sure whether a _function_ should -- and I do think it should be specified.

I expect there are plenty of other things that use str()-like behaviour without going through str(), so making print alone do this probably wouldn't be very useful. -- Greg