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
> For better or for worse, I have created a patch against the py3k trunk
> which introduces a binary operator '@' as an alternative syntax for
> the new string formatting system introduced by PEP 3101 ("Advanced
> String Formatting"). [1]
I'd like to join everybody else who said that this would be
Ah, the people have spoken!
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> The place to float trial balloons is the python-ideas list.
I'll put this one to rest, and as mentioned, will direct any future
suggestions to python-ideas instead of here.
Most of the arguments against my proposal
Jerry Chen wrote:
Hello all,
For better or for worse, I have created a patch against the py3k trunk
which introduces a binary operator '@' as an alternative syntax for
the new string formatting system introduced by PEP 3101 ("Advanced
String Formatting"). [1]
For common cases, this syntax shoul
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 at 12:36, Jerry Chen wrote:
For better or for worse, I have created a patch against the py3k trunk
which introduces a binary operator '@' as an alternative syntax for
the new string formatting system introduced by PEP 3101 ("Advanced
String Formatting"). [1]
It seems to me t
Hello,
> For better or for worse, I have created a patch against the py3k trunk
> which introduces a binary operator '@' as an alternative syntax for
> the new string formatting system introduced by PEP 3101 ("Advanced
> String Formatting"). [1]
While many people find the new format() tedious to
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Jerry Chen wrote:
> QUICK EXAMPLES
>
> >>> "{} {} {}" @ (1, 2, 3)
> '1 2 3'
>
> >>> "foo {qux} baz" @ {"qux": "bar"}
> 'foo bar baz'
>
> One of the main complaints of a binary operator in PEP 3101 was the
> inability to mix named and unnamed arguments:
>
Hello all,
For better or for worse, I have created a patch against the py3k trunk
which introduces a binary operator '@' as an alternative syntax for
the new string formatting system introduced by PEP 3101 ("Advanced
String Formatting"). [1]
For common cases, this syntax should be as simple and a
