Where has AddMsgAndPrint gone in 10.4?

KimOllivier

This convenient arcpy function that was there in 10.3 has vanished at 10.4, breaking all my python scripts that use it.

Thanks Esri.

Luke_Pinner

I don't think AddMsgAndPrint was ever an arcpy function. It's definitely not listed in the 10.3 or 10.2 help pages and calling arcpy.AddMsgAndPrint raises an "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'AddMsgAndPrint'"

Are you sure you didn't have a custom module that  defined AddMsgAndPrint? Something like:

From: Tabulate Intersection—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop

def AddMsgAndPrint(msg, severity=0):
    # Adds a Message (in case this is run as a tool)
    # and also prints the message to the screen (standard output)
    # 
    print(msg)

    # Split the message on \n first, so that if it's multiple lines, 
    #  a GPMessage will be added for each line
    try:
        for string in msg.split('\n'):
            # Add appropriate geoprocessing message 
            #
            if severity == 0:
                arcpy.AddMessage(string)
            elif severity == 1:
                arcpy.AddWarning(string)
            elif severity == 2:
                arcpy.AddError(string)
    except:
        pass