[Python-Dev] PEP 461: Adding % formatting to bytes and bytearray -- Final, Take 3

[Ethan Furman]

On 03/27/2014 11:41 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Much better, but I'm still not happy with including %s at all. Otherwise it's accept-worthy. (How's that for pressure. :-)

FWIW, I feel the same, but the need for compatible 2/3 code bases is real.

Hey, how's this?  We'll let %s in, but immediately deprecate it.  ;)  Of course, we won't remove it until Python IV.

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~Ethan~