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Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:00:07 -0800
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Andrew Berg wrote:
> On 12/31/2011 12:19 PM, davidfx wrote:
>> Should we always be using .format() for formatting strings or %?
 >>
> %-style formatting will eventually go away, but
> probably not for a long time.

%-style formatting isn't going away.

~Ethan~