[Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0

[Steven Bethard]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> If there's demand, we could also introduce printf(), which would work
> just like C's printf() except it takes a keyword argument to redirect
> the output.

I think this is probably unnecessary if string formatting becomes a
function instead of the % operator (as has been suggested).  I don't
think that:

    write("""\
    ERROR: Failed to import handler %s for function %s in file %s.
    Improperly formed foobar string.""".substitute(handler, function, file),
         to=sys.stderr)

is really any worse than:

    printf("""\
    ERROR: Failed to import handler %s for function %s in file %s.
    Improperly formed foobar string.""",
         handler, function, file,
         to=sys.stderr)

STeVe
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