Re: [Python-ideas] String interpolation: environment variables, command substitution

True, though less readable I think. If we're going to go as far as arbitrary expressions, let's discuss making very common scripting tasks easier. -Mike On 08/26/2015 12:27 PM, Brendan Barnwell wrote:

You can already do this with the existing proposals by interpolating an expression whose value is an environment variable (e.g., 'My home is {os.environ["HOME"]}') or whatever other data you want to interpolate. There's no reason to add special syntax for this.