"Ron Adam" <rrr at ronadam.com> wrote in message news:43195EB1.3090406 at ronadam.com... > # standard printing > write.ln(1, 2, 3) > # print without trailing newline > write(1, 2, 3) This violates this design principle: When there are two options and one is overwhelmingly more common in use (in this case, with newline added, at least 95%) the common case should be easier, not harder. Terry J. Reedy