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| From | Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator |
| Date | 2013-05-21 23:02 +0300 |
| References | <knghok$3bd$1@ger.gmane.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1938.1369166599.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
---------------------------------------- > To: python-list@python.org > From: breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk > Subject: Re: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator > Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 20:26:41 +0100 > > On 21/05/2013 20:13, Skip Montanaro wrote: >>> Thank you, but let me rephrase it. I'm already using str.format() but I'd like to use '%' (BINARY_MODULO) operator instead. >> >> That's unlikely to change. If not deprecated already string >> interpolation using the modulo operator has lost favor to the string >> object's format method. >> I used to think str.__mod__() was going to be deprecated until Steven told me it was a myth! Think I got that idea from the own Python docs, but it's gone by now. Nevermind... The fact is I have no need for str.format(). It's slow and awkward. str.format() looks like COBOL/Java idiom to me. I love Python! '%' is much more cool!!! > Please stop perpetuating this myth, see > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-February/116789.html > and http://bugs.python.org/issue14123 > > -- > If you're using GoogleCrap™ please read this > http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython. > > Mark Lawrence > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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RE: PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> - 2013-05-21 23:02 +0300
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