def printStructure(struct, stream = stdout):
  for e in struct.element:
    print >> stream, struct

#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys


def printStructure(struct, stream=sys.stdout):
    if stream != sys.stdout:
        sys.stdout = stream
        print struct
    else:
        print struct

if __name__ == "__main__":
    printStructure("Print to file: 0", open('out.log', 'w'))
    printStructure("Print to console: 1")
    printStructure("Print to file: 1", open('out.log', 'aw'))
    printStructure("Print to file: 2", open('out.log', 'aw'))
    printStructure("Print to console: 2")

stream = open("myfile.txt", "w")
print("Some text", out=stream) # prints "Some text" to myfile.txt

print("Some text") # prints "Some text" to stdout

from __future__ import print_function