On Fri, 4 Jan 2008, Aahz wrote: >> Also, on a related issue, does it make sense to scan the template >> string for invalid escape sequences in Template.__init__? For the >> applications I can imagine of string.Template, I would prefer to get >> an error upon creating the Template object rather than arbitrarily >> later when I try to .substitute with it. > > No, create an is_valid() method at best.
I'm curious as to why. Is it to avoid changing the behaviour of existing code (i.e., backwards compatibility), or do you see a design problem with having the Template constructor reject invalid template strings? Isaac Morland CSCF Web Guru DC 2554C, x36650 WWW Software Specialist _______________________________________________ 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
