[Python-Dev] summary of transitioning from % to {} formatting (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Oct 4 10:11:37 CEST 2009


Barry Warsaw wrote:

I also don't think this is a case of anti-TOOWTDI. For most situations {}-strings are great (IMO), but in the specific translation domain, I suspect $-strings are still better.

I agree that keeping string.Template around is valid due to its focus on being very simple to use (especially for non-coders producing translation templates)

However, string.Template is already set up to work for the relevant APIs in that domain so I don't think it will really be affected by any changes to the underlying language and library support for brace formatting.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



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