New submission from STINNER Victor <vstin...@python.org>:
The formatter module has been deprecated in Python 3.4 by bpo-18716: commit 1448ecf470013cee63c0682f615c5256928dc6b0. In 2014, its removal was scheduled in Python 3.6: commit 29636aeaccaf6a1412e0dc7c230db29cccf68381. But bpo-25407 cancelled the removal from Python 3.6: commit 5ad5a7d31f5328c73df523b6ade330d88573717e "The new PEP 4 policy of any module existing in both 2.7 and 3.5 applies here, hence the module will be with us for a bit longer." In the meanwhile, I'm not aware of anyone opposed to the removal. Python 2.7 reached it's end of life, so I propose to remove the module: https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/formatter.html If someone needs this module, it's a single formatter.py file: it can easily be copied from Python 3.8. The intent here is to reduce the size of the standard library to remove the maintenance burden on Python core developers. Note: I'm surprised, but it seems like the formatter module has no test!? Attached PR removes the module. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 360098 nosy: brett.cannon, vstinner priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Remove the formatter module, deprecated since Python 3.4 versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39352> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
