[Python-Dev] converting the stdlib to str.format

[Georg Brandl]

Martin v. Löwis schrieb:
>> In any case, I'm willing to give the TLC to convert the whole stdlib
>> to str.format, so I just need your permission! <wink>
> 
> Please don't - not before % is actually deprecated (which I hope won't
> happen until Python 4, with removal of % in Python 5, in the year
> when I retire, i.e. 2037).

Now this is news to me -- was there a discussion that changed the
lifetime expectancy of str.__mod__? I'd always supposed it being
deprecated at some point in 3.x.

Not that I'm opposed to keeping it... it *will* be a pain to migrate.

Georg