[Python-Dev] Update PEP 292

[Barry Warsaw]

On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 07:22, Michael Hudson wrote:

> It's a silly point, but my instant impression on reading
> 
>     This PEP describes a simpler string substitution feature, also
>     known as string interpolation.
> 
> is "simpler than *what*?".  Perhaps a better title for the PEP would
> just be "simple string interpolation".

As others have pointed out, that's described in the text of the PEP.

> Otherwise, I like it.

Cool!

> The only issue I have with putting it in string is that this makes it
> a touch harder to bundle up for use with scripts that work with older
> Python's (I take it the implementation is pure Python and works or can
> be fairly easily be made to work with 2.2?).  But I can live with
> 
> try:
>     from string import template
> except ImportError:
>     from string_compat import template

To be brutally honest (about our work, that is ;), the template class is
so damn simple you could stick its definition in the except clause.

-Barry

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