Re: [Gretl-devel] C-isms in hansl

> * envisage some syntax so that you have a pre-cooked set of "sensible" > choices via a multi-argument "print" _function_, as in > > print("hi:", stringvar, "!, you are the", n, "-th person I've met!") > > which would also have the advantage of handling expressions natively. > > In this example, the idea would be that if "n" is an integer, we > automatically apply "%d", otherwise we go for "%g", etcetera etcetera. Exactly. The only thing I don't quite understand is why does it have to be a function instead of a command (or both). Ok, famously Python's most obvious change from 2 to 3 was that 'print' became a function, too. But in the hansl context, what's the rationale? Extending the print command would seem more intuitive from a user's point of view. Or to put it differently: Otherwise why allow the current 'print' command if functions are so much better?