Timeline for Why isn't the ‘format’ method more widely used in Python?
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| Nov 14, 2014 at 13:44 | comment | added | bgusach |
FWIW, the old % is more efficient, and less verbose for simple string replacements. I use it most of times, and when I need more powerful formatting I go for .format
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| Feb 21, 2013 at 18:29 | vote | accept | Matt | ||
| Feb 21, 2013 at 18:03 | answer | added | Sean McSomething | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 21, 2013 at 13:30 | answer | added | Mp0int | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 21, 2013 at 13:30 | answer | added | Weeble | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 21, 2013 at 13:14 | history | edited | ChrisF♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
remove meta commentary
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| Feb 21, 2013 at 13:11 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 21, 2013 at 13:05 | answer | added | Kilian Foth | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 21, 2013 at 13:03 | comment | added | Wooble |
People like to type less, and also have code that was written before there was a .format() method?
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| Feb 21, 2013 at 12:53 | history | asked | Matt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |