[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 292, Simpler String Substitutions

[Guido van Rossum]

Christian,

you seem to be contradicting yourself.  First:

[someone]
> > +1 on the allvars() suggestion also.

[Christian]
> me too.

and later:

[Christian]
> The following statements are ordered by increasing hate.
> 1 - I do hate the idea of introducing a "$" sign at all.
> 2 - giving "$" special meaning in strings via a module
> 3 - doing it as a builtin function
> 4 - allowing it to address local/global variables

Doesn't 4 contradict your +1 on allvars()?

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