dn wrote:
> > Is this a problem with Python, or with the tool?
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> Language injections
> Last modified: 14 December 2022
> Language injections let you work with pieces of code in other languages
> embedded in your code. When you inject a language (such as HTML, CSS,
> XML, RegExp, and so on) i
On Sat, Dec 17, 2022, at 19:20, Bruce Leban wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 10:10 AM wrote:
>> I replied to this in a separate post, but html() is likely a function name
>> that is used in millions of existing code bases. Applying this rule to all
>> of them will lead to too many errors to b
For reference: This thread has a much deeper discussion of this idea:
https://discuss.python.org/t/allow-for-arbitrary-string-prefix-of-strings/19740/11
I'll continue the discussion there instead.
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Bruce Leban wrote:
> > Try googling "python-ideas string prefixes". Doing mimimal diligence is a
> > reasonable expectation before writing up an idea.
Thanks for the query "string prefixes". I tried other queries but not that one.
I ended my first message with "I hope I didn't break any unspoken
David Mertz, Ph.D. wrote:
> My impression whenever this idea is proposed is like Barry's. The "win"
> isn't big enough not simply to use named functions.
Named functions solve another problem, so I don't see how this is an
alternative? More on this below.
> Balancing out the slight "win" is the
required down the line, but let's see if this is a good idea first?
> If the tags are called as functions then you can do it today with this:
> def html(s):
> return s
> HEAD = html('')
If I'm not missing anything, this doesn't help with syntax highlighti
is? Do you see a value in adding tagged strings to
python? Are there other use-cases where this would be useful? Does the
suggestion need to support calling tags as functions like in javascript to be
interesting?
(I'm new to python-ideas, so I hope I haven't broken some unspoken rule with
