[meant to send this before] Guido van Rossum wrote: > >... > > All right, but there *also* needs to be a way to invoke interpolation > explicitly -- just like eval(). This has applicability e.g. in i18n. Agree 100%. The last time we discussed this I proposed there should be a function to do this. But the naive integrated syntax could be compile time. My complaints with the current interpolation are: 1. they require too many magical incantations to invoke (especially % vars()) 2. they require too much thinking about types and conversions in the syntax 3. special behaviour with dictionaries and tuples and singleton tuples etc. 4. operator abuse I would only be in favour of a replacement if for *simple cases* it cleared up all of these issues so that it is roughly as easy as in Perl/Ruby/sh/tcl: a = $"My name is $name" If there is any more syntax than that then personally I think that the cost/benefit ratio falls down. So I don't see this as a big win: a = "My name is $name" \ locals() It solves two of my four problems. Maybe other people have different goals than I do and that's why they see the above as a "win". Paul Prescod
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