.format vs. %

Steven D'Aprano steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Mon Jan 2 22:52:25 EST 2012


On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:59:43 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote:

> On Jan 2, 4:00 pm, Ethan Furman <et... at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>> %-style formatting isn't going away.
> 
> You may want to freshen up on the definition of "deprecation".

I'm sure Ethan knows the definition of deprecation. I'm sure he also 
knows that % formatting is NOT deprecated. Please stop spreading FUD 
about Python features.



-- 
Steven



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