On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:59:43 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > >> On Jan 2, 4:00 pm, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >>> %-style formatting isn't going away. >> >> You may want to freshen up on the definition of "deprecation". > > I'm sure Ethan knows the definition of deprecation. I'm sure he also > knows that % formatting is NOT deprecated. Please stop spreading FUD > about Python features.
I can't believe I'm taking Rick's side here, but the docs do say: "Note: The formatting operations described here are obsolete and may go away in future versions of Python. Use the new String Formatting in new code." http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/stdtypes.html#old-string-formatting-operations I consider that a statement of deprecation, even if it doesn't use the term explicitly or describe a definite timeline for removal. Cheers, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
