[Python-Dev] PEP-498: Literal String Formatting

[Barry Warsaw]

On Aug 10, 2015, at 02:49 PM, Eric V. Smith wrote:

>It's possible. But my point is that Barry doesn't even want
>attribute/item getters for an i18n solution, and I'm not willing to
>restrict it that much.

Actually, attribute chasing is generally fine, and flufl.i18n supports that.
Translators can handle $foo.bar although you still do have to be careful about
information leaks ("choose your foo's carefully").   Item getters have been
more YAGNI than anything else.

Cheers,
-Barry