On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 08:27:07AM +0100, Russel Winder wrote: > Should we be promoting use of the format method in strings rather than > the % operator? % is deprecated now.
It most certainly is not. There are no plans to deprecate the string % operator any time in the foreseeable future. It may, hypothetically, wither away from lack of use (although I doubt it -- so long as there are C programmers, there will be people who like % formatting). If you think it is deprecated, please show me in the official Python documentation where it says so. As far as I am concerned, the final word on deprecation belongs to the creator of Python, and BDFL, Guido van Rossum, who hopes that *at best* the format method will gradually replace % formatting over the next decade or so before the (as yet hypothetical) Python 4: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-September/092399.html Rather than repeat myself, I will just point to what I wrote back in January: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2012-January/1285894.html -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
