[Python-Dev] Re: Alternative Implementation for PEP292:SimpleString
Substitutions
Fredrik Lundh
fredrik at pythonware.com
Sun Sep 5 10:26:28 CEST 2004
Barry wrote:
> I'll point out that Template was very deliberately subclassed from
> unicode, so Template instances /are/ unicode objects. From the
> standpoint of type conversion, using /F's notation, T(8) == U, thus
> because U % 8 == U, T(8) % 8 == U.
from a user perspective, there's no reason to make templates a sub-
class of unicode, so the rest of your argument is irrelevant.
instead of looking at use patterns, you're stuck defending the existing
code. that's not a good way to design usable code.
</F>
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