[Python-3000] String formating operations in python 3k

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Tue Apr 4 14:16:36 CEST 2006


Greg Ewing wrote:
> Barry Warsaw wrote:
> 
>> I don't much like the $"" prefix
> 
> This was discussed during the last round of formatting
> wars, and the conclusion was that having $ both
> inside and outside the string would be too visually
> confusing.

Another issue is that current string prefixes act at parse time
while the $ prefix would act at runtime.

Georg



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