Is pythonic version of scanf() or sscanf() planned?

[ryniek90]

Hi

I know that in python, we can do the same with regexps or *.split()*, 
but thats longer and less practical method than *scanf()*. I also found 
that ( http://code.activestate.com/recipes/502213/ ), but the code 
doesn't looks so simple for beginners. So, whether it is or has been 
planned the core Python implementation of *scanf()* ? (prefered as a 
batteries included method)

Thanks for any helpful answers.