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Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 10:09:49 +1000
Subject: Re: string formatting
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:54 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> def emsg(x):
> =A0if isinstance(x,tuple):
> =A0 =A0x =3D (x,)
> =A0print(The following object caused a proplem: %s" % x)
>

Couldn't you just do that unconditionally?
print(The following object caused a proplem: %s" % (x,))

Chris Angelico