Christian Tanzer wrote: > [snip...] >>> IMHO, either the translation is done once and gives identical output or >>> it isn't worth doing at all. >>> >> I disagree. I doubt even 0.001% of all format strings involve octal >> formatting. Is it really worth not providing a transition path if it >> can't cover this case? >> > > 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. Michael > -- > Christian Tanzer http://www.c-tanzer.at/ > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/fuzzyman%40voidspace.org.uk > -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/
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