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This is super minor but I really wish f-string formatting were the default behavior for `print` or that there were a `printf` command just for it. Typing that extra f character before the quotes is just annoying enough

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Making f-strings the default was discussed at the Python Language Summit last year:

https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2020/04/all-strings-become-f-st...

I just find the convergent evolution funny, that my C fingers that could type `printf()` fluently now learn to type `print(f"")` the same way

And while they're at it, bring back the print statement.

It was a beautiful thing and made it possible to write the same "hello world" program in Python and BASIC:

    print "hello, world"

As a novice Python scripter, I felt that way for about 6 months. Then grumbled but accepted why making print a function was a good thing. Then spent another year frequently forgetting the brackets. Then another 6 months occasionally forgetting the brackets. Now, about 2 years after I converted to Python3, I finally have fully accepted that having print as a function is a good universal thing. At the very least, having an "end=" and "sep=" option eliminated 10,000 newbie python questions a year.

Yeah it's a backwards compatibility issue, wouldn't be surprised if they make this change in Python4

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