[Python-Dev] Utopian String Interpolation

[Paul Prescod]

I think that something in particular that Paul S. said got under your
skin (and there was something he said that could certainly get under a
person's skin). I'm pretty sure it isn't now a policy to rudely reject
suggestions from people you haven't heard of! Until I went back through
the thread I felt as Aahz did that your rejection was somewhat severe in
tone. I think you (still) agree that people should not be afraid of
(politely) stating their opinions in python-dev, even when those
opinions disagree with yours. Or if there is an unspoken rule that
unproven developers shouldn't be in python-dev then maybe we should just
make it a spoken rule. But I'm most confident of the theory that you
snapped at one person in particular because of something he said.

 Paul Prescod

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> > >Paul Svensson:
> > >>
> > >> I would certainly claim that an unrecognized escape sequence _is_ wrong.
> > >
> > Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > > Then you are wrong.  Go away and design your own language.
> >
> Aahz:
> > Hey!  That's a bit harsh.  I'm not going to campaign to make
> > unrecognized escape sequences a syntax error, but not raising a syntax
> > error does seem to be against Python's principles.
> 
> Whatever.  Who is Paul Svensson and what is he doing in python-dev?
> 
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
> 
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