[Python-Dev] other "magic strings" issues

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Nov 7 16:57:31 EST 2003


On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 15:49, Brett C. wrote:

> How about a strtools module?  

I don't see much point.  If we wanted to keep things in a module, the
string module already exists and seems the most logical place for
stringy things.

> Barry's string replacement function could also go there 
> (the one using $; wasn't it agreed that interpolation was the wrong term 
> to use or something?).

I've taken to calling it string substitutions.

-Barry





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