More idiomatic version of the above change

diff --git a/acrobat-chiark-0.2.py b/acrobat-chiark-0.2.py
index 6cb3bfdccd46b113185aa336dadbf095112fd4a5..965c96c19190c904c17befd2dc19790b73cc5c52 100755 (executable)
--- a/acrobat-chiark-0.2.py
+++ b/acrobat-chiark-0.2.py
@@ -182,9 +182,7 @@ class Acrobat(SingleServerIRCBot):
                     target = nick
                 if public == 0:
                     if random.random() <= 0.25:
-                        trout_msg+= ' (at the instigation of '
-                        trout_msg+=nick
-                        trout_msg+= ')'
+                        trout_msg+= ' (at the instigation of %s)' % nick
                 conn.action(self.channel, trout_msg % target)
             except IndexError:
                 conn.notice(nick, "Who do you wish me to trout?")