[Edu-sig] source code from SA:10648

[John Posner]

On 7/16/2010 9:59 AM, kirby urner wrote:
> ...  Using print as a function is optional in 2.6 without
> importing anything special.
>    

Kirby, I believe you're confusing these two invocations:

* Using the print *statement* with a single argument (or expression) 
enclosed in parentheses.

* Using the print *function* with a single argument

Using multiple arguments clears things up:

 > python
Python 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 21:48:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit 
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
 >>> print 1,2,3,4        # statement with multiple arguments
1 2 3 4
 >>> print(1,2,3,4)       # statement with a single argument (a 4-tuple)
(1, 2, 3, 4)
 >>> from __future__ import print_function
 >>> print(1,2,3,4)       # function with multiple arguments
1 2 3 4

-John

P.S. The fact that the keyword "print" doesn't require a trailing SPACE 
reminds me of the old DOS documentation for the command that changes to 
the root directory:

   cd\

That caused a lot of needless confusion!