eric smith nvmkmhkiwaqodtruebladecom guido van rossum wrote think many risks approach especially given keeping formatting mainly backwards compatibility reasons inevitably corner cases conversion doesnt work exactly way old code conversion wrong whatever reason would quite painful change back 26 cant support b would really easiest say want binary formatting 26 30 use strformat dont think expanding functionality formatting anyone spending time id happy update pep drop b _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 090225 0400 python3000 implementing formatting terms strformat