[Python-Dev] Status regarding Old vs. Advanced String Formating (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri Feb 24 22:39:47 CET 2012

It is a burden for some people to learn and remember the exact details of both systems and exactly how they differ. Having both in the stdlib hurts readability for such people. I would prefer that the stdlib only used {} formatting or if not that, that it only used the simple, hard-to-forget forms of % formatting (%s, %d, %f, without elaboration).

If that issue was getting serious, I would prefer if the .format method was deprecated, and only % formatting was kept.

I doubt this is as much of an issue as you think, though.

Regards, Martin

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