[Python-ideas] string.Template v2

[Ryan]

Why not use string's .format?

anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>http://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#template-strings
>
>## Original Idea
>
>stdlib lacks the most popular basic variable extension syntax
>"{{ variable }}" that can be found in Django [1], Jinja2 [2] and
>other templating engines [3].
>
>## stdlib Analysis
>
>string.Template syntax is ancient (dates back to Python 2.4
>from 9 years ago). I haven't seen a template like this for a long time.
>
>## Scope of Enhancement
>
>st = 'Hello {{world}}.'
>world = 'is not enough'
>t = Template(string, style='brace')
>t.render(locals())
>
>## Links
>
>1. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/templates/#variables
>2. http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/templates/#variables
>3. http://mustache.github.io/
>
>## Feature Creeping
>
># Allow to override {{ }} symbols to make it more generic.
>
># `foo.bar` attribute lookup for 2D (nested) structures.
>
>Questions is it has to be supported:
>`foo.bar` in Django does dictionary lookup first, then attribute lookup
>  `foo.bar` in Jinja2 does attribute lookup first
>
>I am not sure which is better. I definitely don't want some method or
>property on a dict passed to render() method to hide dict value.
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>anatoly t.
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