[Python-3000] format() method and % operator

[Colin J. Williams]

Victor Stinner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I read many people saying that
>    "{0} {1}".format('Hello', 'World')
> is easiert to read than
>    "%s %s" % ('Hello', 'World')
> 
Not me.
> 
> But for me it looks to be more complex: we have to maintain indexes (0, 1, 
> 2, ...), marker is different ({0} != {1}), etc.
> 
> 
> I didn't read the PEP nor all email discussions. 
Ditto

Colin W.