[Python-ideas] Briefer string format

[Mike Miller]

On 08/04/2015 01:20 PM, Eric V. Smith wrote:
> It's rejected because .format treats:
> '{:10}{[name]}'.format(x, y)   -->  format(x, '10') + format(y['name'])

Isn't this what already happens?  Seems odd to go in a different direction just 
avoid an implementation that already exists, even though it may not be perfect.

Perhaps it's time to deprecate the troublesome syntax?

Fortunately there's plenty of time before the next version of python to figure 
this out.

-Mike