[Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

[Guido van Rossum]

Backticks certainly are deprecated -- Py3k won't have them (nor will
they become available for other syntax; they are undesirable
characters due to font issues and the tendency of word processing
tools to generate backticks in certain cases where you type forward
ticks).

So it would be a good idea to document them as a deprecated syntax for
spelling repr().

--Guido

On 5/1/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> > for some reason, the language reference uses the term "string con-
> > version" for the backtick form of "repr":
> >
> >     http://docs.python.org/ref/string-conversions.html
> >
> > any suggestions for a better term ?  should backticks be deprecated,
> > and documented in terms of repr (rather than the other way around) ?
>
> I vaguely recall that they are deprecated, but I can't remember the
> details. The one obvious way to invoke that functionality is the repr()
> builtin.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
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