Please, please, please: Keep the % formatting!
In 99% of the Python code I have seen,
the str.format wouldn't gain any advantage
(not even regarding the code readability).
Yes, there may be special cases where str.format
offers more flexibility, but until now I never missed
anything in the % formatting.
One thing to keep in mind:
What if you have a lot of %-format strings translated
and stored them inside a database, for example?
If % would be deprecated, these database entries
would have to be converted, so you would have to
write yet another program to do this.
So if the % formating really is going to vanish, then please
not before April 2099 (or when Duke Nukem Forever
will be released ;-).
Just my 0,02 EUR
Henning
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