> I didn't get your message, could you resend?.
Resent, it may have been stopped by your spam filters since it came from my
vinay-underscore-sajip-at-red-hyphen-dove-dot-com address. The subject was
"Python str.format() and octal formatting compatibility".
> I was thinking the same thing, but it seems like a transition step. I'd
> rather
> not keep such backward compatibility hacks (if you will) around for the long
> haul. How about a flag (maybe '*') at the start of the format specification
> which says "operate in backward compatibility mode"? We could document it as
> being only useful for the % to {} translator, and promise to remove it at
> some
> point in the future. Either actually deprecate it or just promise to
> deprecate
> it in the future.
I don't much mind matter exactly which mechanism we use to distinguish between
0o and 0 prefixes, as long as it's one most people are happy with :-)
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
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