[Python-Dev] PEP 216 (string interpolation) alternative EvalDict

[Jason Orendorff]

Steve Majewski wrote:
> But Jason just said that function calls are not allowed.
> ( We -- actually, he listed what was allowed, and function calls
>   were definitely not among them. ) [...]

Well, when the $-string explicitly contains the name of the
function to be called, then that falls into category (a).

I wrote:
>   a)  whatever code the programmer explicitly typed
>       in the $-string;

I hope this makes things clearer and not worse.  :-)

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