[Python-Dev] s1 == (sf % (s1 / sf))? A bad idea?

[Peter Funk]

Guido van Rossum:
> Peter, if you can do a prototype implementation (in Python would be
> best), the idea might be received better.

I believe a strawman derived from the UserString class could be done
in pure Python.  But I'm sorry: I've no time for this during April.

I'm also not sure, whether this is really a worthwile effort and whether
I should champion this idea further.  From Pauls response I got the
impression that people already consider the '%' string interpolation
operator as a language wart rather than an elegant feature.

I however often like the infix notation better.  
That may be a matter of taste.  Imagine we would have to write:
	"%5d %20s %s\n".printf((num, name, adr))
instead of
	"%5d %20s %s\n" % (num, name, adr)
I'm happy, that this is not the case in todays Python.

Regards, Peter
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