[Python-3000] Add python-3000-like print function to python 2.6

[Neal Norwitz]

On 10/16/07, Fred Drake <fdrake at acm.org> wrote:
> On Oct 16, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > I expect this will happen. At the very least, you'll be able to just
> > use 'print' for that function's name if you include
> >
> >   from __future__ import print_function
> >
> > at the top of your module. Whether it's worth it to make the same
> > function available under a different name that doesn't require such an
> > import I'm not sure.
>
> This makes sense to me.  Creating a new name for the function doesn't
> add anything, IMO: to use it I need to "dirty" my code wherever I
> print, using the __future__ import only dirties an isolated spot in a
> module that prints.  Much better, and probably useful during the
> transitional period.

There's a patch for this too.  http://bugs.python.org/issue1633807

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