PEP 214 - Why not print >> string?

Aaron Swartz me at aaronsw.com
Thu Jan 10 22:03:39 EST 2002


On 2002-10-01 1:53 PM, "Mark McEahern" <marklists at mceahern.com> wrote:
>> So
>>         x = ''
>>         print >> x, 3
>>         print >> x, 3
>> 
>> would cause x to be '3 3'?  Or would it be '3\n3\n' ?
>> 
>> What if I forgot to say  x = ''  first?
> Or what if you said x = 0 first?

I was thinking that it would be an error but your suggestion:

> string = `string` + `value`

is interesting.
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