String concatenation vs. string formatting

[Ben Finney]

Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes:

>     logger.error(
>         '{0} could not be stored - {1}'.format(
>         (self.preset_file, sys.exc_info()[1]))
>
> I usually prefer to use named placeholders instead of positional, but
> this duplicates your original.

Ah, I see that the OP *did* use named placeholders. So, even better:

    logger.error(
        '{file} could not be stored - {error}'.format(
            file=self.preset_file, error=sys.exc_info()[1]))

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