Why cannot pass print function to dir() in python?

Question

Is print a built-in function? If it is, why I cannot run dir(print)? dir is a built-in function and dir(dir) works well. So it looks very strange to me that dir(print) could not work.

mouad · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-19 14:15:27Z

16

In python 2 print is a statement and not a function and you can't put a statement as a function argument, in the other hand in python3 print is a function so you can do dir(print).

edited Sep 19, 2011 at 14:15

answered Sep 19, 2011 at 14:10

mouad

70.5k18 gold badges117 silver badges106 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

kindall Over a year ago

In Python 2.6 and later you can do from __future__ import print_function first to get the same behavior.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Why cannot pass print function to dir() in python?

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related