You make a very powerful point, Bruce. Much more so IMO than anyone
else has so far.
Unless anyone else can find a convincing rebuttal, I withdraw my proposal.
Best wishes
Rob Cliffe
On 07/03/2023 21:49, Bruce Leban wrote:
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 7:39 PM Rob Cliffe via Python-ideas
wrote:
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 7:39 PM Rob Cliffe via Python-ideas <
python-ideas@python.org> wrote:
> Tl;dr: Join strings together with exactly one space between non-blank
>
This idea is inappropriate for inclusion in the language. There are too
many subtle details in how this should work as noted by
I agree. This behavior is too specialized to be implemented as an
operator. + is IME so infrequently used on python strings that we should
take caution when proposing new binary string operators. Two strings to
concat, maybe; three, possibly; four or more, and I reach for join() or
f-strings or
On 07/03/2023 07:26, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Rob Cliffe writes:
> Perhaps where you're not laying out a table,
I'm an economist
Oh goody! *Please* tell me what our Government needs to do to grow the
UK economy and curb inflation. I'll inform my MP immediately.
Seriously though ...
I'm -1 on this. You can easily make a helper that achieves the desired syntax.
Presenting "human readable data" isn't just about collapsing spaces, and having
your own helper means that you can adjust the formatting to your specific use
case if needed (for example with a different separator).
