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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:01:57 +1100
Subject: Re: % is not an operator [was Re: Verbose and flexible args and kwargs syntax]
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On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:58 PM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> In financial circles it could be an operator for calculating
> percentages, eg. "5 % x" would be 5 percent of x.
>
> It's an oddity, but an established one. :-)

And I would be most sorry to see % renamed to mod in Python.

"Hello, %s! My favourite number is %d." mod ("Fred",42)   # This just
looks wrong.

ChrisA