On 19 dic, 13:01, walterbyrd <walterb...@iname.com> wrote:
> I have not worked with Python enough to really know. But, it seems to
> me that more I look at python 3.0, the more I wonder if it isn't a
> step backwards.
>
> To me, it seems that this:
>
> print "%s=%d" % ('this',99)
>
> Is much easier, and faster, to type, and is also easier to read and
> understand. It also allows people to leverage their knowledge of C.
>
> This (if it's right) is much longer, and requires more special
> characters.
>
> print( "{0}={1}".format('this',99))
>
> Maybe it's worth all the extra trouble, and breaking backward
> compatibilty, and all. But, I never had the idea that the old way was
> all that big a problem. Of course, I could be wrong. Was the old way
> all that big of a problem?Well, I was playing with python 3k a little bit and, as usual, after a few minutes everything felt natural. The new string formating is perhaps a little more typing, much is much more clear and readable. I know where it came from. Long ago, Guido took a look at Boo, which is a python-like .NET language, and he posted a comment saying how much he liked the string formating, which is identical to the new one in python. I still can't get used to add the parenthesis to "print", and this is the only thing I don't like, but I'm sure there's a good reason for this change... Luis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
