DIP 1027--String Interpolation--Final Review Discussion Thread

[jmh530]

On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 12:47:28 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> [snip]
>
> As I expected, this was rejected, and Walter didn't understand 
> what I was saying, says we shouldn't bake % into the format 
> specification (it doesn't), and that it's like AST macros (it's 
> not). Since there's no arguing on the feedback thread, I didn't 
> want to push it.
>
> -Steve

Several people seem to think it is an important proposal, so I 
wouldn't want you to get discouraged. However, when you say 
"Walter didn't understand what I was saying", another way to look 
at it is "I didn't communicate this well enough to convince 
Walter".