Python string interpolation implementation

Question

[EDIT 00]: I\'ve edited several times the post and now even the title, please read below.

I just learned about the format string method, and its use with dictionarie

Answer 1

Language Design Is Not Just Solving Puzzles: ;)

http://www.artima.com/forums/flat.jsp?forum=106&thread=147358

Edit: PEP-0498 solves this issue!

The Template class from the string module, also does what I need (but more similar to the string format method), in the end it also has the readability I seek, it also has the recommended explicitness, it's in the Standard Library and it can also be easily customized and extended.

http://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html?highlight=template#string.Template

from string import Template

name = 'Renata'
place = 'hospital'
job = 'Dr.'
how = 'glad'
header = '\nTo Ms. {name}:'

letter = Template("""
Hello Ms. $name.

I'm glad to inform, you've been
accepted in our $place, and $job Red
will ${how}ly recieve you tomorrow morning.
""")

print header.format(**vars())
print letter.substitute(vars())

The funny thing is that now I'm getting more fond of using {} instead of $ and I still like the string_interpolation module I came up with, because it's less typing than either one in the long run. LOL!

Run the code here:

http://labs.codecademy.com/BE3n/3#:workspace