[Python-Dev] Utopian String Interpolation (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 17 Jan 2002 13:25:46 -0500

>Paul Svensson: >> >> I would certainly claim that an unrecognized escape sequence is wrong. > Guido van Rossum wrote: > Then you are wrong. Go away and design your own language. Aahz: Hey! That's a bit harsh. I'm not going to campaign to make unrecognized escape sequences a syntax error, but not raising a syntax error does seem to be against Python's principles.

Whatever. Who is Paul Svensson and what is he doing in python-dev?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)