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Why the hell?

• sp332 13y ago
  I don't know, but it bugs people. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6987309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6987309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6985792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6985792
• trwired 13y ago
  I would hazard a guess that it is because the statement allows for easily adding a `print varname` in your code while debugging.
  • randlet 13y ago
    It's two extra chars to write print(varname). One if your editor auto-inserts matching parens!
    • sp332 13y ago
      Since the space is replaced by the first paren, it's either 0 or 1 more chars :)
      • Shish2k 13y ago
        Shift-9 is more fiddly to type than space though :P
  • dragonwriter 13y ago
    print(varname) is one extra keystroke -- and a whole more convenient than a statement when you want to do it in a lambda for debugging.