Re: [Python-Dev] Can we please have a better dict interpolation syntax?

I have just had the experience of writing a bunch of expressions of the form

"create index %(table)s_lid1_idx on %(table)s(%(lid1)s)" % params

and found myself getting quite confused by all the parentheses and "s" suffixes. I would *really* like to be able to write this as

"create index %{table}_lid1_idx on %{table}(%{lid1})" % params

which I find to be much easier on the eyes.

Wouldn't this be even better? "create index ${table}_lid1_idx on $table($lid1)" % params --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)