Gabriel Genellina a écrit :
> En Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:10:11 -0300, James Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> escribi�:
>
>> Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>>> First point is that Python has no "variable interpolation".
>>
>> If you squint, it kind of does*:
>>
>> >>> print '%(language)s has %(#)03d quote types.' % \
>> {'language': "Python", "#": 2}
>> Python has 002 quote types.
>>
>> You might think if the dict as a name space and the formatting operation
>> as performing interpolation--but this take on formatting might be a
>> stretch.
>
> Stretching more:
>
> py> language="Python"
> py> number=4
> py> print '%(language)s has %(number)d quote types.' % locals()
> Python has 4 quote types.
>
> Or even more:
>
> py> from string import Template
> py> print Template('$language has $number quote
> types.').substitute(locals())
> Python has 4 quote types.
>
Answering to James, Carsten and Gabriel : sorry guys, but I definitively
won't count string formatting as variable interpolation - even if, when
used with locals(), it comes very close from a practical POV (and is
IMHO way cleaner).
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