[Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0

[Fredrik Lundh]

Steven Bethard wrote:
>
>> > Use the print() method of sys.stderr:
>> >
>> >    sys.stderr.print('error or help message')
>>
>> so who's going to add print methods to all file-like objects?
>
> The same people that added __iter__(), next(), readline(), readlines()
> and writelines() to their file-like objects

who did that?

(you completely missed the point -- today's print mechanism works on *any* object
that implements a "write" method, no just file objects.  saying that "oh, all you need is
to add a method" or "here's a nice mixin" doesn't give you a print replacement)

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