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Re: Python wart

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Date 2013-11-01 18:59 +1100
Subject Re: Python wart
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> wrote:
> The printf syntax in C isn't any wonderful thing, and there is no obligation to provide some Python version of it.

Maybe, but it's supported by so many languages that it is of value.
Though Python's use of the % operator does lead to edge cases (a
single argument, except if it's a tuple, even though a tuple could be
accepted by %r), so a printf() function might be cleaner.

ChrisA

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Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 12:54 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 00:11 -0700
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 18:59 +1100
    Re: Python wart Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-01 09:08 +0000
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 20:17 +1100
    Re: Python wart Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-01 09:32 +0000
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 20:42 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 14:47 -0700
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 10:13 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 18:11 -0700
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 12:18 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 18:26 -0700

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