What F strings should have been

[D'Arcy Cain]

On 02/15/18 02:56, Peter Otten wrote:
>> class FSTR(str):
>>   def __call__(self, *args):
>>     return self.format(*args)
>>
>> And here is how it could be used.
>>
>> s = FSTR("ABC {1} {0} {2[x]}")
> 
> This can be simplified to
> 
> s = "ABC {1} {0} {2[x]}".format

Hmm.  Hadn't thought of that.

>> print(s(1, 2, dict(x=3)))
>>
>> Too bad that it is too late to assign f'' to that function.
> 
> I must be missing something. How would you simplify or improve the 
> readability of the above with your version of f"..."? 

s = f"ABC {1} {0} {2[x]}"

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