Barring the fact that print became a function in Python 3 (and in Python 2.6+ with `from __future__ import print_function`), Python functions actually `return N

Barring the fact that print became a function in Python 3 (and in Python 2.6+ with `from __future__ import print_function`), Python functions actually `return None` when the end of scope is reached, and indeed Python REPL does not show `None` being returned. >>> def a(): ... pass ... >>> a() is None True >>> a() >>>