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

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe tshepang at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 09:06:46 CET 2012

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 02:20, <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

Zitat von Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang at gmail.com>:

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 23:39, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>

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

Why is that? Isn't .format regarded superior? I find the .format syntax too complicated and difficult to learn. It has so many bells and whistles, making it more than just a mini language. So for my own code, I always prefer % formatting for simplicity.

I find that strange, especially for an expert Python dev. I, a newbie, find it far friendlier (and easier for a new programmer to grasp). Maybe it's because I use it all the time, and you don't?

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