Re: [Python-Dev] summary of transitioning from % to {} formatting

[Barry Warsaw]

On Oct 4, 2009, at 4:11 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

Barry Warsaw wrote:

I also don't think this is a case of anti-TOOWTDI. For most situations

{}-strings are great (IMO), but in the specific translation domain, I
suspect $-strings are still better.

being very simple to use (especially for non-coders producing
translation templates)


in that domain so I don't think it will really be affected by any

I agree that keeping string.Template around is valid due to its focus on However, string.Template is already set up to work for the relevant APIs changes to the underlying language and library support for brace formatting.

-Barry

What if you wanted to translate log messages? Printing to a StringIO first really isn't a very good solution.

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