[Python-Dev] Tool for converting %-formatting to .format()ing ?

Dirk Rothe d.rothe at semantics.de
Sat May 10 01:27:56 CEST 2008


On Fri, 09 May 2008 19:06:07 +0200, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:

> The curse of back-porting...  I, too, would find such a tool helpful;
> I've got a thousand lines of %-formatting use just in UpLib alone.

yea, I hope such a Fixer will emerge, formatting via % is just too  
painless atm in 2.5. I guess our company should check out the 'preferred'  
way to do it real soon, or else the conversion process will be really time  
consuming.

--dirk


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