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--[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]] 11:26, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
::: I'm in favor of option 3, combined with consideration of another; correct the code example on Wikipedia's talk page in a way that won't raise the ire of the page's protector. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 15:48, 1 June 2010 (UTC)
:::: I like that approach. -[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]]
== Return to draft ==
:There seems to be another problem with this task, as I see it:
In traditional interpolation characters and variables are represented by a notation within the string, but I notice that some solutions are calling a substitution routine from within the language. This is really "substitution", rather than "interpolation". Iterpolation is implicit, whereas substitution is explicit (blimey that probably sounds more confusing - huh). Maybe the following examples clarify.
* "Mary had a $type lamb." # This is interpolation (not substitution)
* replace "type" with "little" in the string "Mary had a type lamb" # This is substitution (not interpolation)
Also what does the (included) bit mean in the task title?
I suggest we knock this task back to draft and sort out the description.
[[User:Markhobley|Markhobley]] 15:35, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
:It seems to me that ''most'' solutions perform substitution instead of interpolation. Maybe this is because the task description is quite unclear. Also, the term "interpolation" is quite misleading. I did not understand the task until I read the Wikipedia article. --[[User:PauliKL|PauliKL]] ([[User talk:PauliKL|talk]]) 14:48, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
=== Wikipedia ===
There is already some discussion on WP
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_literal#Variable_interpolation] reference page is not the main article
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_interpolation] main article
The talk pages already cover some of this.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:String_literal#Variable_interpolation]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Variable#interpolation:_rv_example]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Variable_%28programming%29] (the first jump with little on it of relevance)
As far back as 2006, the fact the printf wasn't needed. Yet the examples seem a bit of a mix mash. -[[User:Dgamey|Dgamey]]
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