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

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sat Mar 29 23:04:09 CET 2014


> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net
> <mailto:solipsis at pitrou.net>> wrote:

>     I think we have reached a point where adding porting-related facilities

AFAIK, The only porting specific feature is %s as a synonym for %b. Not 
pretty, but tolerable. Otherwise, I have the impression that the PEP 
pretty much stands on its own.

>     in 3.5 may actually slow down the pace of porting, rather than
>     accelerate it (because people will then wait for 3.5 to start porting
>     stuff).

Or, they should download the source and compile and continue or start 
porting as soon as the bytes % is added. Having earlier Windows and Mac 
preview binaries might help a tiny bit.

If you are saying that Py3 development should not be driven by Py2 
concerns, I agree.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy



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