I'm against syntax for this, for all the reasons stated by others.
Jerry Chen wrote:
Just one last note: I think my end goal here was to preserve the
visual clarity and separation between format string and format
parameters, as I much prefer:
"%s %s %s" % (1, 2, 3)
over
"{0} {1} {2}".format(1, 2, 3)
If it helps, in 3.1 and 2.7 this can be written as
"{} {} {}".format(1, 2, 3)
I'm not sure it helps for "visual clarity", but it definitely makes the
typing easier for simple uses.
The former is a style I've grown accustomed to, and if % is indeed
being slated for removal in Python 3.2, then I will miss it sorely
(or... just get over it).
I've basically come to accept that %-formatting can never go away,
unfortunately. There are too many places where %-formatting is used, for
example in logging Formatters. %-formatting either has to exist or it
has to be emulated.
Although if anyone has any suggestions for migrating uses like that, I'm
interested.
Eric.
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