Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.006 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'subject:skip:s 10': 0.05; 'eat': 0.09; 'toss': 0.09; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'subject:default': 0.16; 'subject:ideas': 0.16; 'subject:variable': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'subject:] ': 0.19; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; "d'aprano": 0.29; 'steven': 0.29; 'waste': 0.30; 'problem': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.40; 'easy': 0.60; 'sounds': 0.71; '2013': 0.84; 'garden': 0.95 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=zcpYgB5b9bHScZzYeAxwmIdIzpR4sRF4tjWmes3Hyzo=; b=tPhlfcxpy3eqpLJGRkxjTRcMrLJ8e8ovEK9IHXGgPH6eRTwsDVn5LGIk8AdzVWcwJv I/+Ck8iiqirADt2A0V9EDpU+ufFQM9IVeEwz9Cs1Vaim26Z39mXz0U57siMKC0iSlOgk nRFEemsSUB5yvdjQRQyGyJ5EXg5ehhHRfFwKEH5hYI1Ah4CvjzVb3b1TF0GsjTOQLDl2 C6emN0QMOHw2m2NaElSKmnM0xtJzADDUPibI5LJPrcZAUqzN4OrasVJscvH9RB0rqIEB ID9O1SpTYgPM6QZmE23i8XpoXk8zj4/02Cxo8x3EOnh+W+3OP2YkArMPzDY53dZ53Xtd almA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.22.194 with SMTP id g2mr7796574vdf.91.1362452098285; Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:54:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <51355b7f$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> References: <51315936$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <513298fa$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5132c1c0$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <51355b7f$0$30001$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:54:57 +1100 Subject: Re: [Python-ideas] string.format() default variable assignment From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 11 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1362452106 news.xs4all.nl 6903 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57982 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:40495 On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > It's easy for him to > deal with it, all he has to do is get a goat to eat the garden waste I > toss over the fence, and his problem is solved. Sounds like someone got Steven's goat. *dives for cover* ChrisA