[Python-ideas] String interpolation for all literal strings

[Barry Warsaw]

On Aug 07, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>OK, that sounds reasonable, except that translators need to control
>substitution order, so s % tuple(...) doesn't work. However, if we use
>s.format(...) we can use "This interpolates {0} and {1}", and then I'm
>satisfied. (Further details of the signature of __interpolate__ TBD.)

That doesn't work either, but this does:

"This interpolates {apples} and {oranges}".

Cheers,
-Barry
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