[Python-ideas] A suggestion for Python 3 vs Python 2

[Mark Lawrence]

On 13/11/2013 18:58, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
>> anatoly techtonik writes:
>>
>>   > the User eXperience - don't you think that fast-typing "print var" is more
>>   > convenient than "print(var)"?
>>
>> Sure, but I don't type either: I typically type "pr<TAB>v<CLOVERLEAF+/>".
>
> I presume this is some kind of IDE you're running. I can't install and use
> IDEs in every shell / os / embed system / translated language where I have
> to debug my Python code.
>
>> Why complain about Python syntax when upgrading development tools
>> could gives the same improvements without complicating Python?
>
> This wisdom is absent from Python install instruction, so until it is there,
> we may discuss alternatives.
>
>
> So, what's wrong with supporting both:
> 1. print xxx   - as a statement (which maps to function call)
> 2. print(xxx)  - as an expression (which is a function call)
>
> ?
>

Nothing.  All that's needed is for somebody to write and champion a PEP, 
write the code, unit tests and documentation and away we go.  Are you 
volunteering?

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But the best has yet to be invented.  Christian Tismer

Mark Lawrence