DIP 1027---String Interpolation---Format Assessment

[Arine]

On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 at 10:36:34 UTC, aliak wrote:
> On Tuesday, 25 February 2020 at 16:04:59 UTC, Arine wrote:
>> ``How to distinguish a different type? Use a different type. 
>> No, is there another simpler way to do that instead?``
>>
>> Is this really the line of thinking going on here? It seems 
>> Walter has these arbitrary rules he's following which led up 
>> to the impractical and buggy solution that was DIP1027. Rules 
>> aren't meant to be followed blindly.
>
> Calm down. I didn't ask how to distinguish a type. I asked how 
> to prevent a behaviour. There's a slight difference. If you 
> misunderstood that then maybe I just didn't communicate that 
> properly.

I was paraphrasing to make a point, hence the quotes. Maybe I 
should have been more explicit, you are trying to reinvent the 
wheel cause you are following a rule blindly, when there is an 
obvious simple and easy solution. Fyi, telling someone to calm 
down is about the worst thing you can do to make someone calm 
down.