How can I make the new python accept print without parentheses?

Question

Is there a way I can change my settings in python such that I can use

print "hello world" instead of the new print ("hello world") without installing an earlier package of python

Answer 1

The only way is to use python2.x instead of python3.x. In python3.x, print is a function and there is no way to turn it back into a statement.

However, there are tools which can transform most python2 code to be compliant with python3. Check out 2to3 which generally ships with python3 distributions.