I started seeing this, as the objecting people are putting, something that
is
really outside of the scope.
But it just did occur to me that having to use str.join _inside_ an
f-string
expression is somewhat cumbersome
I mean, think of a typical repr for a sequence class:
return f"MyClass({', '.join(str(item) for item in self) } )"
So, maybe, not going for another kind of string, or string comprehensions,
but rather for
a formatting acceptable by the format-mini-language that could do a "map to
str and join" when
the item is a generator?
This maybe would: suffice the O.P. request, introduce no fundamental
changes in the
way we think the language, _and_ be somewhat useful.
The example above could become
return f"MyClass({self:, j}"
The "j" suffix meaning to use ", " as the separator, and map the items to
"str"
- this, if the option is kept terse as the other indicators in the format
mini language, or
could maybe be more readable (bikeshed at will) .
(Other than that, I hope it is clear I am with Steven, Chris, Christopher
et al. on the objections
to the 'string comprehension' proposal as it is)
On Sat, 1 May 2021 at 17:36, Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 11:15 PM Valentin Berlier <berlie...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > You could say that f-strings are redundant because they can't do
>> anything that str.format can't, but they make it possible to shave off the
>> static overhead of going through python's protocols and enable additional
>> optimizations.
>
>
> But that was not the primary motivator for adding them to the language.
>
> Nor is it the primary motivator for using them. I really like f-strings,
> and I have never even thought about their performance characteristics.
>
> With regard to the possible performance benefits of “string
> comprehensions”: Python is already poorly performant when working with
> strings character by character. Which is one reason we have nifty string
> methods like .replace() and .translate. (And join).
>
> I’d bet that many (most?) potential “string comprehensions” would perform
> better if done with string methods, even if they were optimized.
>
> Another note that I don’t think has been said explicitly— yes strings are
> Sequences, but they are a very special case in that they can contain only
> one type of thing: length-1 strings. Which massively reduces the possible
> kinds of comprehensions one might write, and I suspect most of those are
> already covered by string methods.
>
> [actually, I think this is a similar point as that made by David Mertz)
>
> -CHB
>
> --
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