[Python-Dev] String formating in python 3000

[Guido van Rossum]

Hi Crutcher,

We've created a separate list for discussing Python 3000.

http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000

--Guido

On 4/2/06, Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Python currently supports  'S % X', where S is a strinng, and X is one of:
> * a sequence
> * a map
> * treated as (X,)
>
> But I have some questions about this for python 3000.
>
> 1. Shouldn't there be a format method, like S.format(), or S.fmt()?
>
> 2. What about using __call__ instead of / in addition to __rmod__?
> * "time: %s"(time.ctime()) == "time: %s" % time.ctime()
> * "%(a)s %(b)s"(a=1, b=2) == "%(a)s %(b)s" % {'a'=1, 'b'=2}
>
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