[Python-Dev] Utopian String Interpolation

[Guido van Rossum]

> 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

He harped at the same issue in three consecutive message without
explaining his position.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)