Rod Adams skribis 2005-03-12 17:41 (-0600):
> Why not just rename C< sprintf > to C< format > and ditch printf and sayf?
Because format is almost as much typing as sprintf, and in many
circumstances needs both parens and quotes:
format("%03d %15s", $foo, $bar), $baz, ...
compared to
f/%03d %15s/$foo, $bar/, $baz, ...
> I will also remind you of the Scalar C< .as() > method, which sprintf's
> it's value.
> print "$foo.as('%03d') $bar.as('%15s')";
I like sprintf because with it, I can separate data from presentation.
When I interpolate, I want the things I'm interpolating to be as simple
and short as possible. "Hello, $name" looks natural. "Hello,
$person.name" looks a little less natural. Any .as(ugliness) makes it
impossible to read and leaves you with code-in-text, which as many
templating languages have already shown can very quickly get very ugly.
Juerd
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