[Python-3000] PEP - string.format

[Raymond Hettinger]

>- I like having an operator for string formatting. I'm -0 on dropping it for
>a .format() method.
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>

I'm +1 on some sort of change from the current %-operator which has 
issues distinguishing between scalar and collection arguments.  Also, 
there are precedence issues (the current precedence is a vestige of % 
being used for modular arithmetic -- it is not the precedence we would 
have chosen otherwise).  Also, the docs for %-formatting are more 
difficult to find because we use an operator instead of a named method.  
Lastly, the %-operator is not visually distinct from the %-symbols used 
in the adjacent format string.  IMO, a named method solves all of these 
issues.


Raymond