Eric Smith wrote:
> Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> Steven Bethard wrote:
>>> There's a lot of code already out there (in the standard library and
>>> other places) that uses %-style formatting, when in Python 3.0 we
>>> should be encouraging {}-style formatting.
>>
>> I don't agree that we should do that. I see nothing wrong with using
>> % substitution.
I agree with Martin.
Both approaches have their ups and downs, but forcing users to move
from %-formatting to .format()-formatting will just frustrate them:
having to convert several thousand such (working) uses in their code
with absolutely no benefit simply doesn't look like a good way to
spend your time.
In addition to the code changes, such a move would also render
existing translations of the %-formatted string templates useless.
> It's a maintenance burden. There are several outstanding bugs with it,
> admittedly not of any great significance. I've been putting time into
> fixing at least one of them. When Mark and I did short-float-repr, at
> least half of my time was consumed with %-formatting, mostly because of
> how it does memory management.
Why not allow both and use .format() for those cases where %-formatting
doesn't work too well ?
> On the plus side, %-formatting is (and always will be) faster than
> str.format(). Its very limitations make it possible for it to be fast.
>
> I'd note that PEP 3101 calls str.format() a replacement for
> %-formatting, not an alternate mechanism to achieve the same end.
I think that's a wording we should change.
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