
Aug. 11, 2015
5:05 p.m.
On 08/11/2015 06:47 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote:
2. Let's call them "format strings" not "f-strings". The latter sounds slightly obnoxious, and also inconsistent with the others:
r'' raw string u'' unicode object (string) f'' format string
People seem to have already started using f-strings. I think it's inevitable.
Sure, there's no way to ban it, that would be silly. But, I think the documentation should not use it. We don't normally say "r-strings" or "u-strings" when talking about them, it's not very accurate. The letter they use isn't their important quality. Also, avoiding the f- takes the spotlight off the part where f stands for words besides format. ;) -Mike