[Python-ideas] String formatting and namedtuple

[Aahz]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> I thought the plan was to start deprecating % in 3.1 and remove it at
> some later release (maybe 3.3). Or did I miss a reversal on this?

Well, I thought it had been reversed.  If it's not reversed, I'll start
campaigning to keep it.  I think any decision to deprecate % should come
*after* 3.x has had significant uptake among the broader community.
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