> Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>>
>> Not to mention that e.g. "%r" % s is much simpler than "{0!r}".format(s)
>> (if I got the format spec right).
>
> repr(s) is even simpler :)Yes, of course, but in the non-trivial case, e.g. "value=%r" % my_value, it's much easier to use %-style formatting than playing with repr() and the other string formatting facilities. > Note that the old code in this case wouldn't display dict or tuple > instances correctly. Avoiding that ambiguity is a major advantage of the > new approach. I know. For me the problem is not about ditching the % operator for an intuitively-named method like format(). It's the format syntax which has become much more complicated and error-prone without any clear advantage. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
