[Patches] [ python-Patches-1463370 ] Add .format() method to str and unicode

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Patches item #1463370, was opened at 2006-04-03 03:42
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Category: Core (C code)
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: crutcher (crutcher_gmail)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Add .format() method to str and unicode

Initial Comment:
patch to add .format() method to string and unicode types.

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>Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2006-04-03 14:44

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I like this.

The reason to like this in favor of s%x was expressed by
Walter Dörwald on the python-3000 list:

"""
it avoids one problem you might run into with %:
If you have only one argument, writing ``s % (x,)``
as ``s % x`` will break when the
argument x happens to be a tuple.
You won't have this problem with
s.format(x).
"""

However, this might be our chance to introduce a new
formatting syntax, since there are many problems with the %s
style (especially %(foo)s).  See PEP 292.

We need a Python 3000 group in the trackers.

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Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2006-04-03 04:37

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Why would we need a method for formatting ? We already have
the %-based formatting which can also be access via .__mod__().

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