[Python-Dev] PEP 215 redux: toward a simplified consensus? (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:55:48 -0500

"PP" == Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net> writes:

PP> Okay, so my proposal for $ doesn't do everything that %
PP> does. It was never spec'd to do everything "%" does. For
PP> instance it doesn't do float formatting tricks.

Does anybody ever even use something other than `s' for %() strings?

'%(float)f' % {'float': 3.9} '3.900000'

I never have. -Barry