On Dec 20, 7:38 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: > Instead of just whinging, how about making a suggestion to fix it? Go on, > sit down for an hour or ten and try to work out how a BINARY OPERATOR > like % (that means it can only take TWO arguments) can deal with an > arbitrary number of arguments, *without* having any special cases. > > Go on. Take your time. I'll be waiting.
Hi, not to take sides, but, there is a possibility. This behavior is currently legal: >>> "%i %%i" % 0 % 1 '0 1' So, just extend it. (Unproduced.) >>> "%i %i" % 0 % 1 '0 1' >>> "%r %i" % (2, 3, 4) % 1 '(2, 3, 4) 1' >>> "%r %i" % (2, 3, 4) '(2, 3, 4) %i' Which is quite clever and way ahead of its (posessive) time. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
