[Python-Dev] Re: Update PEP 292

[Barry Warsaw]

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 02:05, Andrew Durdin wrote:
> One thing the PEP doesn't make clear: do these templates only
> interpolate string variables, or will they handle anything with a
> __str__ method?
> 
> e.g., will the following raise an exception:
> 
> print Template("I am ${height} centimetres tall.") % {height: 183}

In the current implementation, this will raise an exception.  I'm
uncomfortable with automatic stringification (hey, create your own dict
subclass for the mapping if you want ;) -- but I've included this as an
open issue in the next rev of the PEP.

-Barry

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