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

[Henning von Bargen]

Please, please, please: Keep the % formatting!

In 99% of the Python code I have seen,
the str.format wouldn't gain any advantage
(not even regarding the code readability).

Yes, there may be special cases where str.format
offers more flexibility, but until now I never missed
anything in the % formatting.

One thing to keep in mind:
What if you have a lot of  %-format strings translated
and stored them inside a database, for example?
If  % would be deprecated, these database entries
would have to be converted, so you would have to
write yet another program to do this.

So if the % formating really is going to vanish, then please
not before April 2099 (or when Duke Nukem Forever 
will be released ;-).

Just my 0,02 EUR

Henning