[Python-ideas] String formatting and namedtuple

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> 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?
>
> I am aware of this as your idea and possibly even as your 'plan', but not of
> it as a consensus plan.  I sense that there may be some quiet opposition.

It's not quiet any more.

>  There is certainly some disconnect on the issue.
>
> So, unless you intend a quick BDFL pronouncement, I recommend you sometime
> start a "Deprecate % interpolation" thread to get arguments pro and con
> exposed and argued.

I don't intend to force the issue. I'm disappointed though --
.format() fixes several common stumbling blocks with %(name)s and at
least one with %s.

Let someone else start a new thread.

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