[Python-Dev] Tool for converting %-formatting to .format()ing ?

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat May 10 01:18:23 CEST 2008


> Is there a tool available that can convert 2.x code automagically
> to the .format() method syntax ?
> 
> Just did a quick grep of our code base and it has some 2000 lines of code
> that would need to be changed.

Why do you think this code needs to change?

I'd leave all the code as-is, and might not start using .format before
Python 3.2, unless some coding convention says I have to.

Regards,
Martin



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