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Re: Python wart

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Date 2013-11-01 20:42 +1100
Subject Re: Python wart
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I wondered if the idea of deprecating printf style formatting might also
> come up again.  It was discussed in some depth here
> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-February/116789.html

I don't see any reason for it to go. Anyone who wants to use .format()
is welcome to; anyone who likes %s is welcome to use that. They have
sufficiently distinct styles that they don't really come into
conflict. Now, if someone wants to deprecate the "str modulo anything"
operator in favour of an explicit sprintf() function (optionally with
printf() that sends straight through to print()), that I might get
behind - but I don't see any reason to lose the printf-style
formatting codes.

ChrisA

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Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 12:54 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 00:11 -0700
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 18:59 +1100
    Re: Python wart Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-01 09:08 +0000
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 20:17 +1100
    Re: Python wart Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-01 09:32 +0000
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 20:42 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 14:47 -0700
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 10:13 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 18:11 -0700
    Re: Python wart Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 12:18 +1100
  Re: Python wart Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 18:26 -0700

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