New Python 3.0 string formatting - really necessary?

[alex23]

On Dec 21, 10:11 am, r <rt8... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Most of the complaints i hear are the redundant use of self.
> Which I lamented about but have become accustom(brainwashed) to it. I
> would remove this if it where up to me.

It's a shame Python wasn't released under some kind of license, one
that allowed its source to be, say, "opened" and modified. Otherwise
you would just implement this yourself and submit patches, right?