Re: [Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

2006-05-02 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Georg Brandl wrote: >Guido van Rossum wrote: > > >>Backticks certainly are deprecated -- Py3k won't have them (nor will >>they become available for other syntax; they are undesirable >>characters due to font issues and the tendency of word processing >>tools to generate backticks in certain case

Re: [Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

2006-05-02 Thread Georg Brandl
Guido van Rossum wrote: > Backticks certainly are deprecated -- Py3k won't have them (nor will > they become available for other syntax; they are undesirable > characters due to font issues and the tendency of word processing > tools to generate backticks in certain cases where you type forward > t

Re: [Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

2006-05-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
Backticks certainly are deprecated -- Py3k won't have them (nor will they become available for other syntax; they are undesirable characters due to font issues and the tendency of word processing tools to generate backticks in certain cases where you type forward ticks). So it would be a good idea

Re: [Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

2006-05-01 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > for some reason, the language reference uses the term "string con- > version" for the backtick form of "repr": > > http://docs.python.org/ref/string-conversions.html > > any suggestions for a better term ? should backticks be deprecated, > and documented in terms of re

Re: [Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

2006-05-01 Thread Michael Foord
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > for some reason, the language reference uses the term "string con- > version" for the backtick form of "repr": > The language reference also says that trailing commas for expressions work with backticks. This is incorrect. I think this is necessary to allow nested 'strin

[Python-Dev] more pyref: a better term for "string conversion"

2006-05-01 Thread Fredrik Lundh
for some reason, the language reference uses the term "string con- version" for the backtick form of "repr": http://docs.python.org/ref/string-conversions.html any suggestions for a better term ? should backticks be deprecated, and documented in terms of repr (rather than the other way aroun