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Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 12:26:30 +1000
Subject: Re: n00b question on spacing
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:12:50 PM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> As a general rule, I don't like separating format strings and their
>> arguments.
>
> Huh? Format strings don't take arguments because Python's built-in string type is not callable.
>
>   py> callable("")
>   False
>
> "Format string" is just a generic term we apply to normal string literals that include special markers (called "placeholders") that define the final location and specify the specifics of an Object(s) translation into string type.

And parameterized SQL queries don't take parameters either, for the
same reason. They're extra parameters given to the call that uses it.
So? The format string still takes parameters.

ChrisA