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Re: string interpolation for python

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Date Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:47:19 +1000
Subject Re: string interpolation for python
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On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:39:42 -0700, Yingjie Lan wrote:
>> The compiler can choose to convert it into a string
>> formatting expression, of course. To efficiently format strings at
>> runtime, the best choice (especially
>> for safty reasons) is string formatting, not evaluating a dynamic
>> string.
>
> So you're suggesting that we should have dynamic strings, but not
> actually use dynamic strings. The compiler should just convert them to
> regular string formatting.
>
> Why not cut out the middle-man and just use regular string formatting?

Actually, this sounds like a job for a precompiler/preprocessor. Do
whatever translations you want on your code, then turn it into a .py
file for execution. But hardly necessary, as there are already two -
err, three, I stand corrected - perfectly good ways to do it.

ChrisA

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Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 00:39 -0700
  Re: string interpolation for python Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2012-04-02 11:01 +0300
  Re: string interpolation for python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-04-02 08:26 +0000
    Re: string interpolation for python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 18:47 +1000
    Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 02:11 -0700
      Re: string interpolation for python Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2012-04-02 10:19 +0000
      Re: string interpolation for python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-04-02 11:54 +0000
        Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 05:40 -0700
          Re: string interpolation for python Laurent Claessens <moky.math@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 15:02 +0200
            Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 07:25 -0700
            Re: Re: string interpolation for python Evan Driscoll <driscoll@cs.wisc.edu> - 2012-04-02 15:36 -0500
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            Re: string interpolation for python mwilson@the-wire.com - 2012-04-02 11:34 -0400
              Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 09:02 -0700
      Re: string interpolation for python rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 06:04 -0700
    Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 02:17 -0700
      Re: string interpolation for python alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 22:47 -0700
    Re: string interpolation for python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 19:56 +1000
    Re: string interpolation for python Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-04-02 03:23 -0700
    Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 04:46 -0700
    Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 05:00 -0700
    Re: string interpolation for python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 00:58 +1000
      Re: string interpolation for python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-04-02 18:56 +0000
    Re: string interpolation for python Yingjie Lan <lanyjie@yahoo.com> - 2012-04-02 08:49 -0700
    Re: string interpolation for python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-04-03 08:38 +1000
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