[Python-Dev] PEP 292, Simpler String Substitutions

Fredrik Lundh fredrik@pythonware.com
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:53:02 +0200


oren wrote:

> 1. Friendly for people coming from other languages (Perl/shell).
>
> 2. Less quotes and commas for the terminally lazy.
>
> 3. More flexible for data-driven use.  Either the template or the
> dictionary can be data rather than hard-wired into the code.

combine 1, 2, and 3 with _getframe(), and you have a
feature that crackers are going to love...

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