[Tutor] pythonic

[Peter Otten]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 06:49:52AM -0600, Mats Wichmann wrote:

>> so since we're all learning things here, how would this play out with
>> the new f-strings?
> 
> I don't think f-strings are even a bit Pythonic.
> 
> They look like string constants, but they're actually a hidden call to
> eval().

But because you cannot f-ify a string variable (without an additional eval() 
call) you aren't tempted to feed them user-provided data.

> They can only be used once, and are not re-usable (unlike proper
> templates):

You can't eat your cake an have it. As "proper templates" they would indeed 
be as dangerous as eval().

> By my count, they violate at least three of the Zen of Python:
> 
> Explicit is better than implicit.
> Simple is better than complex.
> Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.

As I'm getting tired of writing

"...{foo}...{bar}...".format(foo=foo, bar=bar, ...)

lately I'd say they win big in the "practicality beats you-name-it" area.