[Python-ideas] Let’s make escaping in f-literals impossible

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/18/2016 8:18 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 02:17:29AM +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Format codes are just text,
>
> I really think that is wrong. They're more like executable code.
>
> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/#expression-evaluation

I agree with you here.  I just note that the strings passed to exec, 
eval, and compile are also executable code strings (and nothing but!). 
But I don't remember a suggestion that *they* should by colored as 
anything other than a string.  However, this thread has suggested to me 
that perhaps there *should* be a way to syntax check such strings in the 
editor rather than waiting for the runtime call.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy