[Python-Dev] Alternative placeholder delimiters for PEP 292

[Barry Warsaw]

On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 18:20, Andrew Durdin wrote:

> > The PEP 292 rules were specifically chosen for their similarity to
> > placeholder syntaxes in many other languages.
> 
> Sure. But just because many other languages do it that way doesn't
> mean that it's the best way for Python. There are significant
> advantages to using paired delimiters instead of a single prefix
> delimiter.
> 
> The "Rationale" section of PEP 292 says only that the desire was for
> something simpler than the built-in % substitution; if the similarity
> to many other languages is also an important part of the rationale,
> then the PEP should be modified to take that into account, should it
> not?

It's explained in the section of the PEP titled "Why $ and Braces?".

-Barry

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