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Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever?

From boB Stepp <robertvstepp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever?
Date 2015-12-01 20:20 -0600
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:

>
> Either way, vars() doesn't solve the problem. What problem does it solve?
>

I'm way out of my depth here (I normally post on Tutor, as Steve
knows), but when I looked vars() up in Lutz's "Python Pocket
Reference, 5th ed.", he ended his description of it with:  "... Hint:
useful for referring to variables in string formatting."  This is
probably something obvious to you, but I thought I'd throw it out
there in case it's of any value, since I did not see this mentioned
elsewhere in this thread.  Just trying to learn more ...


-- 
boB

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  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Josef Pktd <josef.pktd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 19:45 -0800
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 21:54 -0800
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      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 13:06 -0800
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-01 18:55 +1100
      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 12:33 -0800
        Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-02 11:57 +1100
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  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? boB Stepp <robertvstepp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 20:20 -0600
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