[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Oct 5 17:28:27 CEST 2009
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>> I hate calling methods on string literals, I think it looks very odd
to have code like this:
"Displaying {0} of {1} revisions".format(x, y) Ugh! Good point.
This objection was made years ago when we introduced "separator".join(list_of_things), and I don't think ignoring it has caused any casualties. In fact, it serves as an early reminder to the user that string literals are, in fact, objects like all others.
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