From: "Sean O'Dell" <sean@...[REMOVE_THE_SPAM]>
Date: 2003-09-03T04:33:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs. Ruby

james_b wrote:

> Sean O'Dell wrote:
> "
> 
>>
>> So, in my line of thinking: me.eat(food)
>> "Hello world".print to me equates to: food.eat.
>>
>> I eat.  Food doesn't eat.  $stdout prints.  Strings don't print.
> 
> 
> Isn't this begging the question?
> 
> The argument seems to be, "print has been defined for $stdout, not 
> string; since strings don't have 'print', string.print would not be not 
> correct."

Well, you *could* define print for string, if you wanted.  I was saying 
"you shouldn't", not "it wasn't".

But if you mean that it's redundant, and adding a string.print method to 
then call ioobject.print is thumbing one's nose at ioobject's OO design, 
then I agree.

Either way, string.print makes me feel icky.

	Sean O'Dell