string formatting

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On May 6, 8:10 am, Web Dreamer <webdrea... at nospam.fr> wrote:
> Chris Rebert a écrit ce vendredi 6 mai 2011 11:23 dans
> <mailman.1230.1304673808.9059.python-l... at python.org> :
>
>
>
> > I'm not them, but:
> > "Note: The formatting operations described here [involving %] are
> > obsolete and may go away in future versions of Python. Use the new
> > String Formatting [i.e. format()] in new code."
> >http://docs.python.org/dev/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting-
> operations
>
> > Technically, not formally deprecated, but such a characterization
> > isn't too far off the mark either.
>
> Thanks Chris for the link.
>
> Indeed, They mention:
>
> "The formatting operations described here are obsolete and may go away in
> future versions of Python. Use the new String Formatting in new code."
>
> So the proper word is "obsolete" and in my mind I remembered "deprecated"
> since they say it could be removed from future versions of python.
>
> So I should have said "obsolete".
>
> What I would like to know is the difference between "deprecated" and
> "obsolete"...
>
> --
> Web Dreamer

In this context I think obsolete means: Will be removed in some
undetermined version in the future; 3 versions or more from now.
There is also pending deprecation: Will be (usually) removed in the
version after the next. And
deprecated: Will be removed in the next version.