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[Python-Dev] Challenge about print >> None

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Vladimir Marangozov wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> def func(file=sys.stdout):
>     print >> file, args
> 
> This is a clearer, compared to None which is not a file.

I've gotta say that I agree with you on all issues. If I saw that
file=None stuff in code in another programming language I would expect
it meant send the output nowhere. People who want sys.stdout can get it.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules!
-- 
 Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. 
	- http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

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