New Python 3.0 string formatting - really necessary?

[Stefan Behnel]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I have no objection to 
> the addition of the format() method (although I wonder whether it might 
> have been better as a function).

I actually learned about the String.format() method in Java a while after
having read about str.format() in Python, and my first reaction was to
recognise how stupid you'd have to be to make that a static method that
ignores the string it's called on. :)

I think '...'.format() makes sense given that we already have '...'.join().

Stefan