[Python-Dev] PEP 215 redux: toward a simplified consensus? (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:12:22 -0500

"GE" == Greg Ewing <greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> writes:

GE> Also, it uses up one of the three precious not-yet-used
GE> characters, and I think we should keep those for some
GE> future time when we really need them. We don't need one
GE> for this -- there are plenty of operators available
GE> that haven't yet been used on strings.

GE> I suggest '^', since it does a nice job of suggesting
GE> "inject stuff into this string". We can have both a
GE> prefix form for compile-time interpolation:

GE>   a = ^ "My name is $name"

GE> and an infix form for run-time interpolation:

GE>   a = "My name is $name" ^ dict

I think I suggested using ~ for this at IPC10:

a = ~'my name is $name'

for the compile-time interpolation. I don't think it matters much which operator is chosen (let Guido decide).

-Barry