[Python-3000] More PEP 3101 changes incoming

[Eric V. Smith]

Talin wrote:
> Eric V. Smith wrote:
>> I have hooked up the existing PEP 3101 sandbox implementation into the 
>> py3k branch as unicode.format().  It implements the earlier PEP syntax 
>> for specifiers.
> 
> Woo hoo! Thanks Eric. This is great news.
> 
> At some point I'd like to build that branch myself, I might send you 
> questions later.

I'm currently just developing in the py3k branch.  I know this is 
sub-optimal, since I can't check in there until the PEP is accepted. 
The original PEP 3101 sample implementation was in sandbox/pep3101, and 
was never a branch, because it was built as an external module.

Maybe I should create a py3k-pep3101 (or py3k-format) branch, so I can 
check my stuff in?

> I'm not sure that I'm happy with my own syntax proposal just yet. I want 
> to sit down with Guido and talk it over before I commit to anything.

I'll have some comments in the thread with your proposal.

> This would be easier if I was sitting in a room with other Python 
> programmers so that I could show them various suggestions and see what 
> their emotional reactions are. I'm having a hard time doing this in 
> isolation. That's kind of why I want to meet with Guido on this, as he's 
> good at cutting through this kind of crap.

Good luck!  I'm open to private email, or chatting on the phone, if you 
want someone to bounce ideas off of.

Eric.