\>> I hate calling methods on string literals, I think it looks very odd
>> to have code like this:
>>
>> "Displaying {0} of {1} revisions".format(x, y)
>
> Ugh! Good point.
This objection was made years ago when we introduced
"separator".join(list_of_things), and I don't think ignoring it has
caused any casualties. In fact, it serves as an early reminder to the
user that string literals are, in fact, objects like all others.
--
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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