Re: Myth Busters: % "this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the language"

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Date	Tue, 21 May 2013 23:26:58 -0400
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On 5/21/2013 10:26 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote:
> I was looking for something else and just found what I think is the place where I was first exposed to the myth[1]:
>
> "Since str.format() is quite new, a lot of Python code still uses the % operator. However, because this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the language, str.format() should generally be used."
>
> Is this tutorial outdated or this still an issue?
>
> [1] http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/inputoutput.html#old-string-formatting 		 	   		

That tutorial is out of date.  %-formatting isn't being removed.

--Ned.

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Re: Myth Busters: % "this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the language" Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-21 23:26 -0400
  Re: Myth Busters: % "this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the language" Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-05-22 14:24 +0000
    Re: Myth Busters: % "this old style of formatting will eventually be removed from the language" Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-05-22 15:40 -0400

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