[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting

[Barry Warsaw]

On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> Steven Bethard <steven.bethard <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> But it's not much of a transition plan. Or are you suggesting:
>
> The question is why we want a transition plan that will bother  
> everyone with no
> tangible benefits for the user.

Forcing a transition to {}-strings might have limited usefulness, but  
enabling their use has clear benefits.  You just then have to decide  
how important TOOWTDI is.

-Barry

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