text: from __future__ import print_function
  import sys
  
  
  def eprint(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      Drop-in replacement for ``print()`` that prints to stderr instead of stdout.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      args, kwargs : args, kwargs
          All args and kwargs will be passed through to ``print()`` except for the
          special kwarg ``skip``; if this kwarg is present and set to True,
          nothing will be printed.
      """
      if not kwargs.get('skip', False):
          if 'skip' in kwargs:
              del kwargs['skip']
          print(*args, file=sys.stderr, **kwargs)
  