[Python-ideas] Combine f-strings with i18n - How about using PEP 501?

[Anders Hovmöller]

>> I'd suggest using parso to do it. It's a really great library to write such transformations.
> 
> Ah. It wasn't clear what your destination was, so I thought you were
> talking about doing the translation itself using parso. But yeah, grab
> one of these sorts of parsing libraries, do the transformation, save
> back, then use a standard translation library. Seems a lot easier than
> changing the language.

Ah, my bad.

I agree that this is the way forward for people who are trying to localize an existing app, but I still think we should _also_ change the language. F-strings are great and .format is powerful but there is a too big gap in usability and readability between them. This gap is one of the most compelling motivations for my suggestion of a short form for keyword arguments, while also helping us poor guys who deal with huge legacy code bases :)

/ Anders
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