DIP 1027---String Interpolation---Community Review Round 1

[Robert M. Münch]

On 2019-12-11 22:55:22 +0000, Steven Schveighoffer said:

> On 12/11/19 5:49 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> 
>> OK, this is definitely a winner, way better than my idea. Only thing 
>> better would be some way to set the default specifier to avoid all the 
>> verbosity.
> 
> Hm...  heredoc gives us a precedent that might be valuable here.
> 
> e.g.:
> 
> db.exec(i"{?}INSERT INTO mytable VALUES ($name, $serial, $cost)")
> 
> printf(i"{%d}I ate $apples and $bananas totaling $(apples + bananas) 
> fruit.\n");
> 
> -Steve

Yes, much better to reduce syntax-cluttering. Why not lean towards 
existing syntax from templates:

i(?)"INSERT INTO mytable VALUES ($name, $serial, $cost)"

or even make it more configurable to catch more cases:

i($,?)"INSERT INTO mytable VALUES ($name, $serial, $cost)"
i(#,?)"INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (#name, #serial, #cost)"

i(#,?,$,??)"INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (#name, $serial, #cost)"

By provding a standard case, where the printf relevant type is 
automatically deduced from the used variables, when no specification is 
given the syntax would be simple in a lot of cases:

i"I ate $apples and $bananas totaling $(apples + bananas) fruit.\n"


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