Michael Foord wrote at Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:56:35 +0100: > > If %-formatting is first deprecated then removed from Python and there > > is no automatic transition path that effectively means that existing > > code using %-formatting is forced to stay at whatever Python version > > was the last one supporting %-formatting. > > > > I surely hope nobody is seriously considering such a scenario. Perl 6 > > seems harmless in comparison. > > > That is vastly overstating it. Making 'with' and 'as' keywords and > removing string exceptions (which have already happened) will affect far > more programs than a minor incompatibility in transitioning string > formatting.
`with` and `as` are trivial to fix and certainly not pervasive in existing code. String exceptions have been deprecated for years. -- Christian Tanzer http://www.c-tanzer.at/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
