[Python-Dev] extended print statement, uPre-PEP

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Paul Prescod wrote:

> "Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > Because it's less readable.
> > 
> > log.write('post to %s from %s, size=%d\n' % (listname, sender, len(msg)))
> > 
> > vs
> > 
> > print 'post to', listname, 'from', sender, 'size=', len(msg)
> 
> Okay, how about
> 
> log.writeln("Post to ", listname, " from ", sender, " size=", len( msg
> ))

Better yet, have writeln auto put spaces, and you have

log.writeln("Post to", listname, "from", sender, "size=%s" % len(msg))

But I'm -0 on that, preferring a new sys function, called writeln

writeln("......")
writeln(file=logfile, "fffffff", "ffff")

and of course

writeln(nl=0, "ffffff")

to simulate

print "ffffff",

That would be extremely readable, require no new syntax and no additional
builtins.

Reference implementation:


def writeln(*args, **kw):
	import sys
	file = sys.stdout
	end = '\n'
	if kw.has_key("file"):
		file = kw['file']
		del kw['file']
	if kw.has_key("nl"):
		if not kw['nl']:
			end = ' '
		del kw['nl']
	file.write(" ".join(map(str, args))+end)

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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
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