# Reinstateing print as a statement

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/reinstateing-print-as-a-statement/11657>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [October 31, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/reinstateing-print-as-a-statement/11657 "2021-10-31T17:06:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![queency](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/13edae/32.png) [@queency](https://discuss.python.org/u/queency)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/reinstateing-print-as-a-statement/11657/1 "2021-10-31T17:06:26Z")

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Hello all.

When choosing python over other languages i read that one of the most valuable assets  
of the python language is the clean syntax.

by clean i mean : using indentation instead of brackets.  
declaring function without brackets and yes : easy to use print statement (without a brackets)

I used to write prints for debugging for computing and within the idle (it very easy,fast and convenient)  
because of that i suggest for the forum to discuss about reinstating the print as a statement.  
of even build second print as a statement. we can call it cout or out or plot …

thank you for reading.

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**Author:** ![Quercus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/quercus/32/31483_2.png) [@Quercus](https://discuss.python.org/u/Quercus)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/reinstateing-print-as-a-statement/11657/2 "2021-10-31T21:32:28Z")

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[PEP 3105 – Make print a function](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3105/) offers a list of five good reasons why `print` was made a function. In the balance, is it worth losing those gains in order to avoid having to use the parentheses?