I strongly dislike Python 3

[Lie Ryan]

On 07/01/10 01:30, Stephen Hansen wrote:
> On 6/30/10 5:52 AM, Lie Ryan wrote:
>> On 06/27/10 11:24, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>>>> Producing print function takes a little bit more effort than
>>>>> producing a
>>>>> print statement.
>>>
>>> (1) The main use-cases for print are quick (and usually dirty) scripts,
>>> interactive use, and as a debugging aid.
>>
>> That is precisely how the quick-and-dirty syntax of print statement can
>> be justified. While debugging, you'll need to be able to quickly add and
>> delete prints here and there, and the extra parens can quickly become
>> irritating.
> 
> I want to stamp a [Citation Needed] claim on that :)

That's based on my own anecdotal experience.

> Considering all the other things you're likely to do during 'quick and
> dirty' debugging, an extra set of parens seems terribly unlikely to
> really be any kind of issue. 

You want to focus on doing these "other things you're likely to do"
instead of having to do the function call keyboard dance.

> That justification sounds like its based on a
> mountain-out-of-a-mole-hill complaint: print() is really not that
> significantly more difficult then the print statement. 

indeed it isn't a major irritant; but it *is* irritating.