On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 14:12, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Assigning to an f-string is VERY tempting. It doesn't quite sit right > with me (f-strings feel like literals, even though they aren't, and it > doesn't make sense to assign to a string literal) - but I do like the > concept. If it existed in the language, I would definitely use it. > That's not to say it should exist, but I would use it if it did :) That's a good point. If a feature like this existed, I would probably use it too. But: 1. I don't like the idea of assigning to f-strings - like you say that feels too much like assigning to a literal. A stdlib function would feel *far* more natural to me. 2. Unlike formatting, error handling is much more important (and more app-specific) for parsing. A "one size fits all" ValueError isn't likely to be sufficient for anything but quick scripts, I suspect. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/TQXZVESZ3IZF4MH3DBLXXN7TAJ2MKSBQ/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
