> > Actually, formatting needs to become a function. The overloading of the > > arithmetic mod operator has proven to be unfortunate (if only because of > > precedence issues). > > For me, it's not so much the precedence, but the fact that "%s" % x > doesn't work as expected if x is a tuple; you'd have to write "%s" % > (x,) which is tedious.
Right. That too. > > Also, the format coding scheme itself needs to be revisited. There is > > no shortage of people who have taken issue with the trailing s in > > %(myvar)s. > > Maybe the syntax used in the class is the way to go? string.Template is a bit too simplified. But perhaps it can be adapted. We still want some way to express %r, %6.2f, etc. Since string formatting has been around since Tim was in diapers, we should probably start by looking at the solutions used by other languages. With Py3.0, we have a real opportunity to break-away from doing things the way C does it. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
