Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue #14123: Explicitly mention that old style % string formatting has caveats

2012年2月26日 05:12:18 -0800

>
> - The formatting operations described here are obsolete and may go away
> in future
> - versions of Python. Use the new :ref:`string-formatting` in new code.
> + The formatting operations described here are modelled on C's printf()
> + syntax. They only support formatting of certain builtin types. The
> + use of a binary operator means that care may be needed in order to
> + format tuples and dictionaries correctly. As the new
> + :ref:`string-formatting` syntax is more flexible and handles tuples and
> + dictionaries naturally, it is recommended for new code. However, there
> + are no current plans to deprecate printf-style formatting.
>
Please consider just deleting the last sentence. Documentation is meant for
users (often new users) and not core devs. As such, I just don't see what
it adds. If the aim to to document this intent somewhere, a PEP would be a
better place than the formal documentation.
Eli
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