[BUG] Behavior of console.print() with empty *args is different from regular print()

[omaxx]

Describe the bug

Expected that console.print(end="!") will print only ! as regular python print(), but it print line break without ending symbol.

from rich.console import Console

console = Console()

for f in (
    lambda: print("A", end="!"),
    lambda: print(end="!"),
    lambda: console.print("A", end="!"),
    lambda: console.print(end="!"),
):
    print("=>", end="")
    f()
    print("<=")

Output:

❯ python3 test.py
=>A!<=
=>!<=
=>A!<=
=>
<=

rich == 14.0.0

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[dillionhuston]

I tried reproducing it with your test code, and i can say it does output a line break instead of '!'.

im thinking the issue might be to do with how 'console.print' handles empty content, and could be ignoring the custom 'end' parm

im gonna take a look at the class and write some tests and just try help

[dillionhuston]

I’ve looked at the Console.print method in console.py, which accepts *objects, sep, and end parameters

The issue is likely happening when 'objects' is empty, causing 'print' to default to a new line

The issue happens when *objects is empty, causing print to default to a newline (possibly via self.file.write

[omaxx]

Are these lines necessary: https://github.com/Textualize/rich/blob/master/rich/console.py#L1680

        if not objects:
            objects = (NewLine(),)

?