[Python-3000] String formating operations in python 3k

[Barry Warsaw]

On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 13:27 +1200, Greg Ewing wrote:

> If I were designing a formatting system from scratch,
> I think I'd separate the issue of formatting numbers into
> strings from the issue of inserting strings into other
> strings.

This really is a key observation.  PEP 292 tried to make inserting
strings into other strings really simple to grok, and I think it does
that, while still providing a useful level of flexibility for advanced
users.  I really would hate to mingle that simple functionality with all
the complexity of number formatting and the like.

-Barry

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