Bug in % string formatting?

[Erik Max Francis]

Fernando Pérez wrote:

> It does surprise me though that % binds harder than +. I would naively
> think
> that by its nature, % would have fairly low precedence. Oh well, I'm
> sure
> there's a good reason for it being the way it is.

The reason is because % is also the modulo division operator.

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