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On Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:12:50 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
> As a general rule, I don't like separating format strings and their
> arguments.
Huh? Format strings don't take arguments because Python's built-in string type is not callable.
py> callable("")
False
"Format string" is just a generic term we apply to normal string literals that include special markers (called "placeholders") that define the final location and specify the specifics of an Object(s) translation into string type.
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Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 14:36 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 08:24 -0700
Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 16:40 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 08:55 -0700
Re: n00b question on spacing Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 17:11 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 09:12 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-22 17:48 -0700
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 12:26 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 19:28 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 09:37 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 19:56 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 10:27 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 20:46 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-06-23 02:20 +0100
Re: n00b question on spacing Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 02:58 +0000
Re: n00b question on spacing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-22 23:12 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-23 03:22 +0000
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 13:36 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-06-23 09:43 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-23 14:09 +1000
Re: n00b question on spacing Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-22 21:35 -0400
Re: n00b question on spacing Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-23 11:40 -0400
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