Python 2 print functionality in Python 3

Question

I learned that Python 3 print statements require parentheses, but I was told I could do:

from __past__ import print

but this doesn't seem to work. It gives me an error

SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'

Any idea what's wrong?

Full code:

from __past__ import print

print 'hello'

Umm, doesn't executing this code throw an ImportError on your machine? Because it should. — Aran-Fey, Sep 06 '18 at 19:00
Why would you want to achieve this regardless of whether it is possible or not? — N Chauhan, Sep 06 '18 at 19:01
Since `from __future__ import barry_as_FLUFL` worked, I tried `from __past__ import guido_as_BDFL`, but it just said `ImportError: People won't shut up about PEP 572`. — abarnert, Sep 06 '18 at 19:09
@Jean-FrançoisFabre But `from __prehistory__ import tcl` works, you just have to spell it `import tkinter`. :P — abarnert, Sep 06 '18 at 19:10
@Aran-Fey: Assuming this is a script, the SyntaxError happens first, because it happens at parse time. (In interactive mode, the ImportError happens first, because the import is parsed and executed before Python sees the bad `print` line.) — user2357112, Sep 06 '18 at 19:14

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 06 '18 at 19:03

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from __past__ import print isn't a real thing. Perhaps you misunderstood a joke, or someone lied to you. Whatever the case may be, you'll have to get used to print being a function, because there's no toggle to bring back the statement.

answered Sep 06 '18 at 19:03

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aprils fool probably. – Jean-François Fabre Sep 06 '18 at 19:04
Why is this a "community wiki"? – wim Sep 06 '18 at 19:05
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because someone doesn't want rep from that, and kudos for that. – Jean-François Fabre Sep 06 '18 at 19:05

Python 2 print functionality in Python 3

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