> > 1. $$ is an escape; it is replaced with a single $
>
> Hmm, some strings (at least in the spam I receive) contain $$$$$$.
> How about ${$}?
I don't understand the use case. Do you want to *output* strings
containing many dollars? If you want a {} based escape, it should be
${} IMO.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)