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authorBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2000-08-29 04:57:34 (GMT)
committerBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2000-08-29 04:57:34 (GMT)
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Document "print >> None"
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In this form, the first expression after the \keyword{>>} must
evaluate to a ``file-like'' object, specifically an object that has a
-\method{write()} method as described above. With the extended form,
-the subsequent expressions are printed to this file-like object
-instead of \code{sys.stdout}.
+\method{write()} method as described above. With this extended form,
+the subsequent expressions are printed to this file object. If the
+first expression evaluates to \code{None}, then \code{sys.stdout} is
+used as the file for output.
\section{The \keyword{return} statement \label{return}}
\stindex{return}