Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
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On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 14:42, Paul Moore wrote:

> I have to agree. While I accept that Barry has genuine use cases for
> the printf form, I don't quite see why %-formatting isn't enough. Is
> the print-plus-% form so much less readable and/or maintainable?

IMO, yes.  I can't tell you how many times I've typo'd logger messages
by switching commands and percents.

-Barry

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