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format string using mapping rather than kwargs

[Python-Dev] Issue 6081: format string using mapping rather than kwargs [Python-Dev] Issue 6081: format string using mapping rather than kwargsAntoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Thu Mar 25 16:24:38 CET 2010
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> For something as core as the string API, we better feel darn strongly
> about it before we mess with it :)

Having two very similar methods with different names and subtly different APIs
sounds bad IMHO.
Also, the use case doesn't look very strong to me.

> P.S. There's also the language moratorium to consider - since this idea
> affect the methods of a builtin type, I believe the moratorium applies.

So do I.

Regards

Antoine.


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