Request: Make configure forwards compatible by putting parenties with prints

[ghost]

Nodejs can not build with python3 currently because print statements use a python 2 idiom.

It has been pointed out before that node will not build with python3 because of its dependence on gyp which has similar problems but in the mean time we can add a few parenthesis and be more prepared for when compatibility is possible.

So my request is that we make the code more forwards compatible.

[Fishrock123]

and be more prepared for when compatibility is possible.

I don't believe gyp is making any guarantee of this. cc.... @bnoordhuis?

[bnoordhuis]

gyp is still python2 so making the configure script python3-compatible is only a very modest win.

[ghost]

But a modest win indeed. I got it done pretty easily. A sed guru could do it in 20 seconds but I just used vim. :map z elr(A) return /print. Then you can press n and press z if it needs parenthesis otherwise press n again.

I made quick work of it and found that gyp was an issue afterword. I didn't send in a pull request because I figured you would care about formatting and I didn't have 100% consistency as I changed my method half way through so I thought I would say something first.

Modest benefits and interdependent programs are exactly why we are still on python 2. It's just a matter of a few parenthesis whose placement can be nearly automated over one file.

If you would like a pull request let me know.

[bnoordhuis]

#9657 fixed this after a fashion so I'll go ahead and close this out. Thanks for the suggestion and the offer of a pull request.