I strongly dislike Python 3

[Brian Blais]

On Jun 30, 2010, at 8:52 , 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.

actually, what I find is the following:

1) the parens are a bit more irritating than just a print
2) in my quick-and-dirty scripts, I often want to get rid of all of  
the prints after it works.
3) being able to redefine print vastly outweighs the irritation  
caused by the extra parens


			bb

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