[Python-ideas] Outside the box string formatting idea
Mike Miller
python-ideas at mgmiller.net
Mon Aug 10 00:14:01 CEST 2015
My take:
On 08/09/2015 02:20 PM, Ron Adam wrote:
> It may be possible to do that in this case as an actual expression rather than
> as a string and still get most of the benefits. Shorter more compressed isn't
> always better when it comes to readability.
Really the idea here is brevity. The long-form versions are still available if
they would be better in a particular instance.
> (% 'result =' foo())
I found these interesting, reminds me of polish notation. However these would
need enhancements to syntax as it would be currently invalid. f'' is likely
easier to implement w/o syntax changes. Also, it doesn't look much like python.
Cheers,
-Mike
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