New Python 3.0 string formatting - really necessary?

[walterbyrd]

On Dec 19, 10:25 am, Michael Torrie <torr... at gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally the new string formatter is sorely needed in Python.  

Really? You know, it's funny, but when I read problems that people
have with python, I don't remember seeing that. Loads of people
complain about the white space issue. Some people complain  about the
speed. Lots of complaints about certain quirky behavior, but I have
not come across any complaints about the string formatting.

In fact, from what I have seen, many of the "problems" being "fixed"
seem to be non-problems.

I dunno, maybe it's just me.