[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting

[Brett Cannon]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 05:29, Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/30 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
>> Although I hate the name 'dicttemplate', this seems like the best solution
>> to me.  Maybe it's good that 'dicttemplate' is so ugly though so that people
>> will naturally prefer 'format' :).  But I like this because there's not
>> really any magic, it's explicit, and the decision is made by the coder at
>> the call site.  The implementation does not need to guess at all.
>
> Ignoring the "make it ugly to persuade people not to use it" aspect,
> why not just use 'template'?

Might confuse people with string.Template.

-Brett