> "Are you %(name)s" % locals() # or vars()
This partly solves the problem, however, you can't work with expressions inside, like: > d"sin($x$) = $sin(x)$" Also, what if locals() or vars() does not contain the variable "x"? (x could be nonlocal or global). > It's more conservative than hostile. Here's some insight: > http://www.boredomandlaziness.org/2011/02/status-quo-wins-stalemate.html > You are probably right...Harmless enhancement is still probable? > > Personally, in isolation, the only part of your proposal I find > /truly/ objectionable is the support for arbitrary expressions, since > it would tend towards encouraging suboptimal factoring. But we also I don't quite see that as a problem. The compiler (or translator, as you mentioned earlier) could easily make d"sin($x$) = $sin(x)$" into something like: ''.join(["sin(", str(x), ") = ", str(sin(x))] which would far more efficient than calling the format() method. Cheers, Yingjie -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
