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On Jan 3, 2012 6:55 AM, "Ethan Furman" <<a href="mailto:ethan@stoneleaf.us">ethan@stoneleaf.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Ian Kelly wrote:<br>
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>> I'm not sure it's true that "there are no plans to do so in the<br>
>> foreseeable future." According to the release notes from Python 3.0,<br>
>> % formatting was supposed to be deprecated in Python 3.1.<br>
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> Eric Smith wrote (from a thread on pydev in 02-2011):<br>
> > The last thread on this I have a reference to was in September 2009. I<br>
> > think was basically the outcome:<br>
> > <a href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-September/092399.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-September/092399.html</a><br>
> ><br>
> > So there will be no deprecation, just a gradual shift to PEP 3101<br>
> > formatting.</p>
<p>Thanks, that link is very informative.</p>