[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Oct 2 12:56:58 CEST 2009


On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

Steven Bethard <steven.bethard gmail.com> writes:

But it's not much of a transition plan. Or are you suggesting: The question is why we want a transition plan that will bother everyone with no tangible benefits for the user.

Forcing a transition to {}-strings might have limited usefulness, but
enabling their use has clear benefits. You just then have to decide
how important TOOWTDI is.

-Barry

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