[Python-Dev] PEP 461 - Adding % and {} formatting to bytes

[Guido van Rossum]

I think of PEP 460 as the strict version and PEP 461 as the lenient
version. I don't think it makes sense to have more variants. So please
collaborate with whichever you like best. :-)

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> On 01/14/2014 01:05 PM, Brett Cannon wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>>> This PEP goes a but further than PEP 460 does, and hopefully spells
>>> things out in enough detail so there is no confusion as to what is
>>>  meant.
>>
>>
>> Are we going down the PEP route with the various ideas? Guido, do
>>  you want one from me as well or should I not bother?
>
>
> While I can't answer for Guido, I will say I authored this PEP because
> Antoine didn't want 460 to be any more liberal than it already was.
>
> If you collect your ideas together, I'll add them to 461 as questions or
> discussions or however is appropriate (assuming you're willing to go that
> route).
>
> --
> ~Ethan~



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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)