Counting iterations

[Terry Reedy]

"runes" <rune.strand at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> [Andrew Dalke]
>> I therefore disagree with the idea that simple
>> string concatenation is always to be eschewed
>> over string interpolation.

String cat (+) is fine for joining a few short strings.

> Andrew, what you write makes sense. I've never really tested it, just
> read it several places, fx here:
> http://www.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips#stringcat

This is about making long strings in situations where performance is an 
issue.

Terry J. Reedy