Update PEP292 section

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2004-09-10 11:34:39 +00:00
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\begin{verbatim}
>>> import string
>>> t = string.Template('$page: $title')
>>> t % {'page':2, 'title': 'The Best of Times'}
>>> t.substitute({'page':2, 'title': 'The Best of Times'})
u'2: The Best of Times'
>>> t2 % {'cost':42.50, 'action':'polish'}
u'$ 42.5: polishing'
\end{verbatim}
% $ Terminate $-mode for Emacs
If a key is missing from the dictionary, the \class{Template} class
will raise a \exception{KeyError}. There's also a \class{SafeTemplate}
class that ignores missing keys:
If a key is missing from the dictionary, the \method{substitute} method
will raise a \exception{KeyError}. There's also a \method{safe_substitute}
method that ignores missing keys:
\begin{verbatim}
>>> t = string.SafeTemplate('$page: $title')
>>> t % {'page':3}
>>> t.safe_substitute({'page':3})
u'3: $title'
\end{verbatim}
Because templates are Unicode strings, you can use a template with the
\module{gettext} module to look up translated versions of a message.
\begin{seealso}
\seepep{292}{Simpler String Substitutions}{Written and implemented
by Barry Warsaw.}