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

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 13:48:32 -0500

"MAL" == M <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

MAL> 1. %% becomes %

MAL> 2. %ident maps to %(ident)s as we have it now

MAL> 3. %{ident} maps to %(ident)s

MAL> 4. %(ident)s continues to have the same semantics as
MAL>    before

What happens to %dogfood or %sickpuppy? If you're trying to maintain backwards compatibility with existing syntax, you can't use %ident strings.

-Barry