On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:51:48 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > You may find the format spec to be cryptic at first. Well, most find > regexes cryptic also -- but would anyone recommend NOT using regexes > just because of crypti-ness? I think not. It's a non-starter.
I would. If you have a task that doesn't *need* a regular expression solution, don't use a regular expression. For what it's worth, I like the syntax of % formatting. It's nice and simple and compact while still being readable. format() is more powerful, but when I don't need that power, I stick to % formatting. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
