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[Python-Dev] Re: Update PEP 292

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Thu Aug 12 05:54:55 CEST 2004 
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004, Greg Ewing wrote:
>
>> Apart from removing the need for the parentheses/braces in this case,
>> all it does is consistently remove the "s",
> 
> I believe that just removing the 's' alone would be a substantial
> benefit. It's easy to forget when writing, and tends to get lost or
> confused with the surrounding text when reading.

I'll say.  I've been doing a lot of work with interpolated strings
lately, and even though I've been bitten several times, I keep making
the same mistake.  Maybe I'm just stupid, though...
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