>>>>> "PP" == Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net> writes: PP> Okay, so my proposal for $ doesn't do everything that % PP> does. It was never spec'd to do everything "%" does. For PP> instance it doesn't do float formatting tricks. Does anybody ever even use something other than `s' for %() strings? >>> '%(float)f' % {'float': 3.9} '3.900000' I never have. -Barry