[Python-Dev] Challenge about print >> None

Barry A. Warsaw bwarsaw@beopen.com
Mon, 11 Sep 2000 18:28:31 -0400 (EDT)


>>>>> "JH" == Jeremy Hylton <jeremy@beopen.com> writes:

    JH> At least, I think that's why I find the use of None confusing.
    JH> I find it hard to make a strong association between None and
    JH> sys.stdout.  In fact, when I was typing this message, I wrote
    JH> it as sys.stderr and only discovered my error upon re-reading
    JH> the initial message.

I think of it more like Vladimir does: "print >>None" should be
analogous to catting to /dev/null.

-Barry