[Python-ideas] String interpolation: environment variables, command substitution

[Mike Miller]

True, though less readable I think.  If we're going to go as far as arbitrary 
expressions, let's discuss making very common scripting tasks easier.

-Mike


On 08/26/2015 12:27 PM, Brendan Barnwell wrote:
>      You can already do this with the existing proposals by interpolating an
> expression whose value is an environment variable (e.g., 'My home is
> {os.environ["HOME"]}') or whatever other data you want to interpolate. There's
> no reason to add special syntax for this.
>