Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.020 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'tutorial': 0.03; 'formatting': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'issue?': 0.16; 'outdated': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'to:name :python-list@python.org': 0.22; 'new,': 0.24; 'received:65.55.116': 0.24; 'subject:will': 0.24; 'skip:" 20': 0.27; '[1]': 0.29; 'generally': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'quite': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'style': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; '8bit%:9': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'eventually': 0.60; 'subject:"': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'subject:this': 0.83 X-TMN: [JkF+eVlgHJYXoDqeoC00bMQ0BBORhFaH] X-Originating-Email: [carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com] From: Carlos Nepomuceno To: "python-list@python.org" Subject: Myth Busters: % "this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the language" Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26:11 +0300 Importance: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 May 2013 02:26:12.0140 (UTC) FILETIME=[BA0516C0:01CE5693] X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1369189574 news.xs4all.nl 15881 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47920 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:45696 I was looking for something else and just found what I think is the place w= here I was first exposed to the myth[1]:=0A= =0A= "Since=A0str.format()=A0is quite new=2C a lot of Python code still uses the= =A0%=A0operator. However=2C because this old style of formatting will event= ually be removed from the language=2C=A0str.format()=A0should generally be = used."=0A= =0A= Is this tutorial outdated or this still an issue?=0A= =0A= [1] http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html#old-string-formattin= g =