ACCEPTED: PEP 285

[Paul Rubin]

James Logajan <JamesL at Lugoj.com> writes:
> x = ["is", "are"]
> y = {0: "", 1:"s"}
> 
> for n in range(3):
>    print "There %s %d item%s." % (x[n <> 1], n, y[n <> 1])
> 
> Will the behavior be backword compatible and equivalent or not? Simple 
> question I assume; waiting for an answer.

Yes, if I understand the PEP, that should still work.

This, however, won't work compatibly:

   print "Calm down, it's only %s's and %s's." % (1==1, 1==0)