RE strings (was: Variable Interpolation - status of PEP 215)

[Peter Hansen]

Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>     Peter> Given that the only real difference is you skip an import, and at
>     Peter> the cost of modifying the language definition in an unusual
>     Peter> manner, is there any point to this at all?
> 
> Yeah...  Makes it more like Perl (more magic under the covers instead of out
> where you can see it). ;-)

:-)  I guess I understood that to be the point.  What I should
have said was "is there any _benefit_ to this at all?"

-Peter