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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> 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.

The PEP doesn't specify anything, and I don't recall any discussion,
either - the specific timing suggested above is merely my own hopes.

Regards,
Martin