Emulating C++ coding style

[Steven D. Majewski]

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 06:08:07 +0900, Thooney Millennier asked about 
Python equivalents to C++ code.
> 
> >2. stream class
> >  e.g. cout << "hello python."<<endl;


On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, William Tanksley replied:

> VERY bad idea.  Bad even in C++.
> 
> sys.stdout.write("hello python." + "\n");


However, if you *REALLY* want to have that sort of C++ syntax,
you can get it in Python with something like: 

endl = '\n'

class OutStream:
	def __init__( self, file ):
		if hasattr( file, 'write' ):
			self.file = file
		else:
			self.file = open( file, 'w' )
	def write( self, what ):
		self.file.write( what )
	def close( self ):
		self.file.close()
	def __lshift__(self, what ):
		self.write( str(what)+' ')
		return self


import sys
out = OutStream( sys.stdout )
out << "Hello" << "World" << endl 
out << "The answer is" << 3+4 << endl



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