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+### PHP-style python format-strings
+
+As the name suggests, "PHP-style" is not given as a compliment.
+Format-strings - `f"{variable} {pythoncodefragment}" are a nightmare
+to read.  The lesson from PHP, Zope and Plone: when code is embedded,
+the purpose of the formatting - the separation of the format from
+the data to be placed in it - is merged, and consequently become
+unreadable.
+
+By contrast, let us imagine a situation where 12 variables need to
+be inserted into a string, four of which are the same variablename:
+
+     x = "%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s" % (var1, var2, var3,
+                                                  var3, var4, var2,
+                                                  var1, var9, var1,
+                                                  var3, var4, var1)
+
+This is just as unreadable, but for different reasons.  Here it *is*
+useful to do this as:
+
+     x = f"{var1} {var2} {var3}" \
+         ...
+         f"{var3} {var4} {var1}"
+
+As a general rule, though, format-specifiers should be strongly
+avoided, given that they mix even variable-names directly inside
+a string.
+
+This additionally gives text editors (and online web syntax
+highlighters) the opportunity to colour syntax-highlight the
+ASCII string (the format) from the variables to be inserted *into*
+that format.  gitweb for example (used by this project) cannot
+highlight string-formatted code.
+
+It turns out that colour is processed by the **opposite** hemisphere
+of the brain from written language.  Thus, colour-syntax-highlighting
+is not just a "nice-to-have", it's **vital** for easier and faster
+identification of context and an aid to rapid understanding.
+
+Anything that interferes with that - such as python format-strings -
+has to take a back seat, regardless of its perceived benefits.
+
 ### PEP8 format
 
 * all code needs to conform to pep8.  use either pep8checker or better