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The key point is that t-strings are not strings. Db.execute(t”…”) would throw an exception, because t”…” is not a string and cannot be interpreted as one.

In order for a library to accept t-strings, they need to make a new function. Or else change the behavior and method signature of an old function, which I guess they could do but any sanely designed library doesn’t do.

Handling t-strings will require new functions to be added to libraries.




yes but the bug is writing f instead of t and I assume f will just work.

To clarify even more:

The problem is not writing by mistake t instead of f => this is what we want and then for this we implement a new function

The problem is writing f instead of t => and this will silently work I assume (not a Python dev just trying to understand the language design)


> The problem is writing f instead of t => and this will silently work I assume (not a Python dev just trying to understand the language design)

In the fullness of time it has no reason to. Even in the worst case scenario where you have to compose the query dynamically in a way t-strings can’t support, you can just instantiate a Template object explicitely.


>yes but the bug is writing f instead of t and I assume f will just work

but it will not. f-strings and t-strings are not compatible types, they will not "just work". not unless somebody changes a library to make it just work. as long as nobody does that, it's not an issue.




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