[Python-Dev] transitioning from % to {} formatting

[Steven Bethard]

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:34 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> Steven Bethard <steven.bethard <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> But it's not much of a transition plan. Or are you suggesting:
>
> The question is why we want a transition plan that will bother everyone with no
> tangible benefits for the user.

I think Guido expressed my feelings pretty well:

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> In the long run, say Python 4, I think we don't need both, and we
> should get rid of one. My preference is still getting rid of
> %-formatting, due to the problems with it that prompted the design of
> {}-formatting (no need to reiterate the list here).

I agree with this 100% but I can't see it working unless we have some
sort of transition plan. Just saying "ok, switch your format strings
from % to {}" didn't work in Python 3.0 for various good reasons, and
I can't imagine it will work in Python 4.0 unless we have a transition
plan.

Steve
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