Hi,

I read the PEP but I don't understand how it is implemented. For me, it should be a simple preprocessor:

- f'x={x}' is replaced with 'x={0}'.format(x) by the compiler
f'x={1+1}' is replaced with 'x={0}'.format(1+1)
- f'x={foo()!r}' is replaced with 'x={0!r}'.format(foo())
- ...

That's all. No new language, no new function or method.

It's unclear to me if arbitrary expressions should be allowed or not. If not, we may pass parameters by keywords instead:

f'x={x}' is replaced with 'x={x}'.format(x=x) by the compiler

'...'.format(...) is highly optimized. In the current PEP, I see that each parameter is rendered in its own independent buffer (.__format__() method called multiple times) and then concateneted by ''.join(...). It's less efficient that using a single call to .format().

Victor

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