Using Python to generate code?

[Jeffrey Froman]

Steven Bethard wrote:
 
> So, yes, the Template solution is cleaner, but not drastically so.  It
> saves you 3 characters per variable -- '(', ')' and 's'.  Of course the
> more variables you have to write, the bigger the deal it is

True, and calling string.Template() is an extra 17 characters, so there
would have to be 6 variables in your string before you got a typing
payoff. :-) Of course, some people might prefer the look of the Template.

Jeffrey