Implementing #define macros similar to C on python

Question

I want to introduce the debug print something like this but in Python code.

#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLE
DEBUG_PRINT print
#else
DEBUG_PRINT

Is it possible to implement something similar in python?

Answer 1

There are usually other ways to do things. For instance, you can define a function to either do something or do nothing:

if debug_mode:
 debug_print = print
else:
 debug_print = lambda: None

debug_print("This won't be shown unless we're in debug mode!")