Eric Smith wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> If 2.6 can't support %b, so be it. > > It would really be easiest to just say that if you want binary > formatting in both 2.6 and 3.0, use str.format. I don't think expanding > the functionality of % formatting is what anyone should be spending > their time on. > > I'd be happy to update the PEP to drop %b.
I didn't even realise a %b formatter was in the PEP: +1 for dropping it and leaving the % formatting implementation alone. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boredomandlaziness.org _______________________________________________ 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