> 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.
> String formatting is so common that it doesn't seem to me we should need to > invent a new, unproven mechanism to do this. I strongly agree with Skip here. The current proposal seems to me a poor solution to a non-problem. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
