18764: remove the problematic 'print' alias for the PDB 'p' command.

So that it no longer shadows the print function.

Patch by Connor Osborn, doc and test changes by R. David Murray.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 45fe477..1ec83da 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1159,15 +1159,13 @@ class Pdb(bdb.Bdb, cmd.Cmd):
             return _rstr('** raised %s **' % err)
 
     def do_p(self, arg):
-        """p(rint) expression
+        """p expression
         Print the value of the expression.
         """
         try:
             self.message(repr(self._getval(arg)))
         except:
             pass
-    # make "print" an alias of "p" since print isn't a Python statement anymore
-    do_print = do_p
 
     def do_pp(self, arg):
         """pp expression
@@ -1388,7 +1386,7 @@ class Pdb(bdb.Bdb, cmd.Cmd):
         placed in the .pdbrc file):
 
         # Print instance variables (usage "pi classInst")
-        alias pi for k in %1.__dict__.keys(): print "%1.",k,"=",%1.__dict__[k]
+        alias pi for k in %1.__dict__.keys(): print("%1.",k,"=",%1.__dict__[k])
         # Print instance variables in self
         alias ps pi self
         """
@@ -1546,7 +1544,7 @@ if __doc__ is not None:
         'help', 'where', 'down', 'up', 'break', 'tbreak', 'clear', 'disable',
         'enable', 'ignore', 'condition', 'commands', 'step', 'next', 'until',
         'jump', 'return', 'retval', 'run', 'continue', 'list', 'longlist',
-        'args', 'print', 'pp', 'whatis', 'source', 'display', 'undisplay',
+        'args', 'p', 'pp', 'whatis', 'source', 'display', 'undisplay',
         'interact', 'alias', 'unalias', 'debug', 'quit',
     ]