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Re: new string formatting with local variables

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2011-06-06 18:31 -0600
Subject Re: new string formatting with local variables
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>> You must use prefix-** in the call to unpack the mapping as keyword
>> arguments. Note that using locals() like this isn't best-practice.
>
> Who says so, and do you find their argument convincing? Do you have a
> reference for that so we can see why?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1550479/python-is-using-vars-locals-a-good-practice

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Re: new string formatting with local variables Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-06-06 09:21 -0700
  Re: new string formatting with local variables Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-07 10:11 +1000
    Re: new string formatting with local variables Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 18:31 -0600
    Re: new string formatting with local variables Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 18:38 -0600
    Re: new string formatting with local variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-07 03:57 +0000
      Re: new string formatting with local variables Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-07 17:47 +1000

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