[Zope3-dev] ? vs $

[Lalo Martins]

On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 10:13:39PM +0100, Steve Alexander wrote:
> 
> I have seen code that uses python:path('foo/%s/baz' % bar)  rather than 
> foo/?bar/baz. I don't think the use of ? as an interpolation character 
> in path expressions is widely known. Which makes the case for switching 
> to $ all the more compelling: I'm sure there's not much legacy code to 
> change :-)

I think this is a learning curve problem, as there are ? % and $. If python
expressions are already moving from % to $ somewhere in the vague future,
then I think path expressions should make the move too.

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