On Tue, Mar 06, 2007, Andrew Dalke wrote: > On 3/5/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I don't know too many good use cases for >> locals() apart from "learning about the implementation" I think this >> might be okay. > > Since I'm watching this list for any discussion on the traceback > threads, I figured I would point out the most common use I know > for locals() is in string interpolation when there are many local > variables, eg: > > a = "spam" > b = "egg" > ... > y = "foo" > z = "bar" > > print fmtstr % locals()
I'll second this one. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I disrespectfully agree." --SJM _______________________________________________ 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
