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version 2 to 3 changes - Skaperen - Oct-17-2017
as we all know, version 3 changed the print statement to a built in print() function. i am curious why and also curious why not other statements.
RE: version 2 to 3 changes - ichabod801 - Oct-17-2017
PEP 3105.
RE: version 2 to 3 changes - Larz60+ - Oct-17-2017
Here's the PEP: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3101/
I like the even newer python 3.6 version better.
RE: version 2 to 3 changes - Skaperen - Oct-18-2017
what PEP describes the changes to print() in 3.6?
when i was just getting started with python, one of the first things i created was a function to do printing. it had the name pr() only because "print" was a reserved word. but i got all the ability of having print as a function. today, knowing more, if i still needed to do this, i'd add a few more features. but i still don't see the reason to do this in the language itself, other than a module needed to be imported (this could have been added to the interpreter, to auto-import certain modules). and, still, why not (also) some other things, like the del statement?
also, why not a transition phase, where both the function and the statement could coexist?
RE: version 2 to 3 changes - Larz60+ - Oct-18-2017
Quote:what PEP describes the changes to print() in 3.6?https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/
It's interesting, when I began (for the 2nd time) to use python, the only
complaint I had was with indentation.
I never think about it when writing code anymore, only (every day) when trying to get new users
to properly post code.
from the early 1980's until I retired, the main languages that I used were C and C++, with a few years
of forth (which I loved by the way, but it tended to be a write only language, like Perl).