> +1 for {} over the $/${} dichotomy -- it's easier to explain, as well
> as more readable.
Perhaps I'm just allergic to bash/perl/java/ruby syntax, but the more
I follow this discussion, the more I like the current string
formatting system :-).
It seems to me that the core of the issue is the current insistence,
with %(NAME)FORMAT, on a trailing format type which is frequently
forgotten. Why not just remove that insistence, and use %(foo) in
py3k? Code will break, sure, but we're going to expect that. If you
really need to control the presentation, put that information inside
the parens, as in %(foo:.3f). But let it default to "s".
There are other issues, such as the need to construct a dictionary,
for which reasonable approaches have been offered over the last week.
Bill
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