[Python-Dev] Replacement for print in Python 3.0

[Gareth McCaughan]

> > On 9/6/05, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
> > > printf('$1 forgot to frobnicate the $2!\n', username, file.name,
> > >        to=sys.stderr)
...
> For me, the problem with that proposal is not the precise format syntax,
> but the fact that formatting is tied to a specific function which _also_
> outputs stuff to screen.

So borrow a trick from Common Lisp and use a destination of None
to mean "return the formatted text as a string".

    >>> x = printf("$2 $1", 123,321)
    321 123
    >>> print x
    None
    >>> x = printf("$2 $1", 123,321, to=None)
    >>> print x
    321 123

Or is that too cryptic?

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