printf alternative in Python

reporting.cpp

#include <boost/python.hpp>

void report(std::string msg) {
  PyObject *f = PySys_GetObject((char *)"stdout");
  PyFile_WriteString(msg.c_str(), f);
  PyFile_WriteString("\n", f);
}

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(reporting) {
  boost::python::def("report", &report);
}

tst_reporting.py

from reporting import report
report("It Works!")