Up until recently, Python was the only language I'd ever seen that
used the % operator for string replacement. Today, I was perusing the
C++ Boost libraries, and discoverd that boost::format uses a very
similar syntax. The following lines print the same thing in Python
and C++, respectively.
print "int->%i, string->%s" % (42, "wugga, wugga")
cout << boost::format ("int->%i, string->%s\n") % 42 % "wugga, wugga";
The question is, which came first? Did boost adapt the Python syntax,
or the other way around, or did they both evolve in parallel? I'm not
talking about the use of % in the C/printf style format specifier, but
the use of % as an operator to connect the format specifier with the
data to be formatted.
1  1911  ro*@panix.com (Roy Smith) wrote in message news:<be******* ***@panix2.pani x.com>... Up until recently, Python was the only language I'd ever seen that
used the % operator for string replacement. Today, I was perusing the
C++ Boost libraries, and discoverd that boost::format uses a very
similar syntax. The following lines print the same thing in Python
and C++, respectively.
print "int->%i, string->%s" % (42, "wugga, wugga")
cout << boost::format ("int->%i, string->%s\n") % 42 % "wugga, wugga";
The question is, which came first? Did boost adapt the Python syntax,
or the other way around, or did they both evolve in parallel? I'm not
talking about the use of % in the C/printf style format specifier, but
the use of % as an operator to connect the format specifier with the
data to be formatted.
If you haven't already, I reccomend reading the design rationale for
any extensions you're interested in (and that have it of course). The
one for format is at http://boost.org/libs/format/doc/choices.html.
Python's use of the same syntax is mentioned, along with many other
reasons for the choice of the operator (and many more for why << is a
bad choice). So it would appear that Python came first. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics | |
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C++ Boost libraries, and discoverd that boost::format uses a very
similar syntax. The following lines print the same thing in Python
and C++, respectively.
print "int->%i, string->%s" % (42, "wugga,...
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