[Python-3000] Phasing out % string formatting

[Alex Martelli]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Eric Smith
>  <eric+python-dev at trueblade.com> wrote:
>  > I've proposed on another thread the no new features are added to %
>  >  formatting, specifically the PEP 3127 (Integer Literal Support and
>  >  Syntax) '%b' formatting.  It didn't generate any discussion, so I
>  >  thought I'd bring it up in its own thread.
>  >
>  >  I'd like to see us take the position that % formatting is being phased
>  >  out, if not actually starting the deprecation process.  If it's being
>  >  phased out, then I think it makes sense to add no new features to it.
>
>  +1 from me.

+1 here too -- adding features to a soon-to-be-obsolete subsystem
would be an "attractive nuisance"!-)

Alex