Raymond Hettinger wrote: >> Do we really need writef()? It seems to be not much better than its %- >> formatting >> equivalent. > > Actually, formatting needs to become a function. The overloading of the > arithmetic mod operator has proven to be unfortunate (if only because of > precedence issues).
But then, a format() function would be necessary (equivalent to sprintf) > Also, the format coding scheme itself needs to be revisited. There is > no shortage of people who have taken issue with the trailing s in > %(myvar)s. That's a nuisance, right. Reinhold -- Mail address is perfectly valid! _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
