Nick> $ ./python -m timeit "'' % ()"
Nick> 1000000 loops, best of 3: 0.389 usec per loop
vs.
Nick> $ ./python -m timeit "'%s' % 'nothing'"
Nick> 10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0736 usec per loop
I think you need to use a tuple for the second case to make it comparable to
the first.
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