Take 2: PEP draft for expression embedding

[Bill Melcher]

>
> Sorry for being lazy, but since you've already done the search homework,
> would you mind pointing to Frederik's post on i()? I've never seen it and
I'm
> quite intrigued.
>

There is a reason why you havn't seen it, you havn't written it yet! :-)

I found this on www.google.com  the groups tab then Advanced groups search.

Unfortunately google anounces that they no longer archive comp.lang.xxxx

PEP: XXXX
Title: String interpolation with backquotes
Author: oren at hishome.net (Oren Tirosh)
Created: 2-Dec-2001


Abstract

    This document proposes a string interpolation feature for Python
    to allow easier string formatting.  The suggested syntax change is
    the introduction of a new 'i' prefix for strings that triggers the
    special interpretation of the backquote "`" character within a
    string.

    Example:

        i"X=`x`, Y=`calc_y(x)`."

Message 25 in thread
From: Fredrik Lundh (fredrik at pythonware.com)
Subject: Re: Draft PEP: string interpolation with backquotes
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
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Date: 2001-12-04 07:43:12 PST


Oren Tirosh wrote:
> As for the issue of interpolation with backticks being equivalent to str()
> rather than repr() - I believe most people won't even notice.

anyone who proposes to use backticks extensively in a programming
language should be forced to travel around the world for a couple of
months, trying out different keyboards.

besides, the following is only a few characters longer than your
suggested notation (and probably fewer keypresses on my key-
board), works with all existing Python versions, and also with all
existing syntax-aware tools:

    i('X=', x, ', Y=', calc_y(x), '.')

coding the "i" function is left as an exercise for the interpolating
reader.

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Cheers, Bill
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