Samuel Colvin wrote:
Python definitely needs a dedicated debug print command.
I've built python devtools with has such a command: https://github.com/samuelcolvin/python-devtools
Is this the kind of thing you were thinking about?
Thank you for this comment, Samuel. And also very much for your work on devtools. To answer your question: Yes, and No. I'm thinking of providing a builtin debug() command that 'does the right thing' according to the context. And the context would include the user's preferences. Which might be to use the print command in your devtools package. But the user might be in an IDE, which provides a separate window for the debug output. I suggest the builtin debug() would determine the API, and provide a reference implementation. And that many users (perhaps through their IDE) would choose a different implementation. -- Jonathan