To create the perfect command line output tool for Python

debug.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# debugging needs
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# remember to import sys
  
def term(self, s, ref='fallback_models'):
    # intended to be used in class, remove self for procedural style
    '''
    safe print to terminal
    @param s : string or whatever to print - required
    @param ref : string, optional, used to reference where print occurs
    @return void
    '''
    # obj check aka disqulaify by type. Different in 3.0
    if not isinstance(s, basestring) and not isinstance(s, int) \
        and not isinstance(s, dict) and not isinstance(s, tuple):
        try:
            s =  s.__name__
        except :
            pass
    try :
        s = s.encode('utf-8')
    except :
        pass
    # print
    print '['+ref+'] '+str(s)
    sys.stdout.flush()
    return
  
'''
Object alias / lamba magic
self.dbg = dbg.dbg() #instantiate
self.d = lambda x,y='api': self.dbg.term(x,y) #make smaller
'''