[Python-Dev] Deprecating the formatter module

[Ryan]

I never realized it existed till now. Considering the usually erratic projects I like do, I can see that coming in use in several in which I had to do odd workarounds.

Keep it, but put better documentation. It's needed.

Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

>At the PyCon CA sprint someone discovered the formatter module had
>somewhat
>low code coverage. We discovered this is because it's tested by
>test_sundry, i.e. it's tested by importing it and that's it.
>
>We then realized that it isn't really used by anyone (pydoc uses it but
>it
>should have been using textwrap). Looking at the history of the module
>it
>has just been a magnet for cleanup revisions and not actual usage or
>development since Guido added it back in 1995.
>
>I have created http://bugs.python.org/issue18716 to deprecate the
>formatter
>module for removal in Python 3.6 unless someone convinces me otherwise
>that
>deprecation and removal is the wrong move.
>
>
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