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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index fc9ca13905..f9e5b2a593 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -998,16 +998,14 @@ pdb --- The ``print`` command has been removed from :mod:`pdb`, restoring access to the -``print`` function. - -Rationale: Python2's ``pdb`` did not have a ``print`` command; instead, -entering ``print`` executed the ``print`` statement. In Python3 ``print`` was -mistakenly made an alias for the pdb :pdbcmd:`p` command. ``p``, however, -prints the ``repr`` of its argument, not the ``str`` like the Python2 ``print`` -command did. Worse, the Python3 ``pdb print`` command shadowed the Python3 -``print`` function, making it inaccessible at the ``pdb`` prompt. - -(Contributed by Connor Osborn in :issue:`18764`.) +Python :func:`print` function from the pdb command line. Python2's ``pdb`` did +not have a ``print`` command; instead, entering ``print`` executed the +``print`` statement. In Python3 ``print`` was mistakenly made an alias for the +pdb :pdbcmd:`p` command. ``p``, however, prints the ``repr`` of its argument, +not the ``str`` like the Python2 ``print`` command did. Worse, the Python3 +``pdb print`` command shadowed the Python3 ``print`` function, making it +inaccessible at the ``pdb`` prompt. (Contributed by Connor Osborn in +:issue:`18764`.) .. _whatsnew-protocol-4: |