docs: def ss(*args, **kwargs):
      """
      exactly like s, but doesn't return variable names or file positions (useful for logging)
  
      since -- 10-15-2015
      return -- str
      """
      if not args:
          raise ValueError("you didn't pass any arguments to print out")
  
      with Reflect.context(args, **kwargs) as r:
          instance = V_CLASS(r, stream, **kwargs)
          return instance.value().strip()