Alex> The PEP abstract says this proposal will replace the '%' operator,I hope this really doesn't happen. printf-style formatting has a long history both in C and Python and is well-understood. Its few limitations are mostly due to the binary nature of the % operator, not to the power or flexibility of the format strings themselves. In contrast, the new format "language" seems to have no history (is it based on features in other languages? does anyone know if it will actually be usable in common practice?) and at least to the casual observer of recent threads on this topic seems extremely baroque. Python has a tradition of incorporating the best ideas from other languages. String formatting is so common that it doesn't seem to me we should need to invent a new, unproven mechanism to do this. Skip _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
