Backticks certainly are deprecated -- Py3k won't have them (nor will they become available for other syntax; they are undesirable characters due to font issues and the tendency of word processing tools to generate backticks in certain cases where you type forward ticks).
So it would be a good idea to document them as a deprecated syntax for spelling repr(). --Guido On 5/1/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > for some reason, the language reference uses the term "string con- > > version" for the backtick form of "repr": > > > > http://docs.python.org/ref/string-conversions.html > > > > any suggestions for a better term ? should backticks be deprecated, > > and documented in terms of repr (rather than the other way around) ? > > I vaguely recall that they are deprecated, but I can't remember the > details. The one obvious way to invoke that functionality is the repr() > builtin. > > Regards, > Martin > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
