Python wart

Mark Lawrence breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Nov 1 05:08:06 EDT 2013


On 01/11/2013 07:11, Peter Cacioppi wrote:
> Mark said :
>
> "Do I have to raise a PEP to get this stupid language changed so that it
> dynamically recognises what I want it to do and acts accordingly?"
>
> The printf syntax in C isn't any wonderful thing, and there is no obligation to provide some Python version of it.
>
> I have to say, there were a few things that twerked me when getting up to speed on Py, but formatting strings wasn't one of them. I'd be surprised if Guido prioritizes a fix for this part of his "stupid language".
>
> Just sayin
>

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But the best has yet to be invented.  Christian Tismer

Mark Lawrence




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