Mark said : "Do I have to raise a PEP to get this stupid language changed so that it dynamically recognises what I want it to do and acts accordingly?"
The printf syntax in C isn't any wonderful thing, and there is no obligation to provide some Python version of it. I have to say, there were a few things that twerked me when getting up to speed on Py, but formatting strings wasn't one of them. I'd be surprised if Guido prioritizes a fix for this part of his "stupid language". Just sayin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
