[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting
Brett Cannon
brett at python.org
Sat Oct 3 22:09:36 CEST 2009
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 11:05, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 20:03, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
>>
>> [Terry Reedy]
>>>
>>> I would agree, for instance, that an auto-translation tool is needed.
>>
>> We should get one written. ISTM, every %-formatting
>> string is directly translatable to an equivalent {}-formatting string.
>
> Why don't we start something in the sandbox and see how far we can
> get. If no one beats me to it I will add the directory some time today
> and we can start hashing out the solution there.
Created str_fmt_conversion in the sandbox to hold any work people want
to do on converting % formats to {} automatically.
-Brett
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