# Py2.6 and later only!

from __future__ import print_function

def print_to_stdout(a, b):

    """

    >>> print_to_stdout(1, 'test')

    <BLANKLINE>

    1

    1 test

    1 test

    1 test 42 spam

    """

    print()

    print(a)

    print(a, end=' ')

    print(b)

    print(a, b)

    print(a, b, end=' ')

    print(42, u"spam")

def print_assign(a, b):

    """

    >>> print_assign(1, 'test')

    <BLANKLINE>

    1

    1 test

    1 test

    1 test 42 spam

    """

    x = print

    x()

    x(a)

    x(a, end=' ')

    x(b)

    x(a, b)

    x(a, b, end=' ')

    x(42, u"spam")

try:

    from StringIO import StringIO

except ImportError:

    from io import StringIO

def print_to_stringio(stream, a, b):

    """

    >>> stream = StringIO()

    >>> print_to_stringio(stream, 1, 'test')

    >>> print(stream.getvalue())

    <BLANKLINE>

    1

    1 test

    1 test

    1 test 42 spam

    <BLANKLINE>

    """

    print(file=stream)

    print(a, file=stream)

    print(a, end=' ', file=stream)

    print(b, file=stream)

    print(a, b, file=stream)

    print(a, b, end=' ', file=stream)

    print(42, u"spam", file=stream)