[Python-Dev] Update PEP 292 (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Wed Aug 11 13:22:25 CEST 2004

Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:

Raymond and I had a chance to talk about PEP 292 on bug day, and we've exchanged a few private emails and implementations. I think we've finally knocked everything into shape for inclusion in Python 2.4's next alpha.

In the sandbox you will find the updated implementation, along with updated tests and documentation (libstring.tex). The updated PEP is at: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0292.html

It's a silly point, but my instant impression on reading

This PEP describes a simpler string substitution feature, also
known as string interpolation.

is "simpler than what?". Perhaps a better title for the PEP would just be "simple string interpolation".

Otherwise, I like it.

The only issue I have with putting it in string is that this makes it a touch harder to bundle up for use with scripts that work with older Python's (I take it the implementation is pure Python and works or can be fairly easily be made to work with 2.2?). But I can live with

try: from string import template except ImportError: from string_compat import template

Cheers, mwh

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