print - bug or feature - concatenated format strings in a print statement

[bdb112]

Thanks for all the replies:
I think I see now - % is a binary operator whose precedence rules are
shared with the modulo operator regardless of the nature of its
arguments, for language consistency.
I understand the arguments behind the format method, but hope that the
slightly idiosyncratic print( ..% ..) remains, as the vaguely
pictorial "printf" format string is clearer for a long line with
several arguments.
I will use the "implicit string concatenation" to solve my problem but
it is a little odd that an "invisible" operator is stronger than a
visible one. (+).

On Mar 16, 5:00 pm, bdb112 <boyd.blackw... at gmail.com> wrote:
> #   is the difference between
> print(" %d,  %d, buckle my shoe" % (1,2))
> #   and
> print(" %d, " + " %d, buckle my shoe" % (1,2))
> # a bug or a feature?
>
> First output
> ... print(" %d " + " %d, buckle my shoe" % (1,2))
>
> Second output
> TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting
>
> Version Info:
> Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 30 2007, 13:54:11)
> [GCC 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33)] on linux2
>
> also
>
> Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
> (Intel)] on win32