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Re:PEP 750 – Template Strings (t-strings) have been accepted by dionian on Thursday April 10, 2025 @07:35PM (#43648945)
Looks great - unlike java which is somehow recommending the format:

STR."Hello \{this.user.firstname()}, how are you?\nIt's \{tempC}°C today!"

compared to scala

s"Hello ${this.user.firstname()}, how are you?\nIt's ${tempC}°C today!"

STR."" ? really?

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Re:PEP 750 – Template Strings (t-strings) have been accepted by nsonha on Thursday April 10, 2025 @08:14PM (#43649180)
also a syntax for braces that looks like escaping
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Re:PEP 750 – Template Strings (t-strings) have been accepted by dionian on Thursday April 17, 2025 @09:52AM (#43716868)
Yeah, that almost bothers me more than "STR."
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Re:PEP 750 – Template Strings (t-strings) have been accepted by Symbiote on Monday April 21, 2025 @03:13AM (#43749164)
\{ is currently invalid syntax in Java, so it can be given a meaning.

${ is valid syntax (the string value "$\") so giving it a new meaning would break existing programs. That's not acceptable.

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Re:PEP 750 – Template Strings (t-strings) have been accepted by paulddraper on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:37PM (#43649624)
Yeah, I hate to bikeshed, but this is the worst syntax possible without being a full-out prank.
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