nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom iybzpoboxcom wrote 2to3 fixer format scanned fixes directly quickly didnt see anything obvious benjamin believe reason even 30 2to3 benjamin fixer couldnt easily written find kind hard believe terribly difficult write fixer least given operator string literal lhs either tuple dict rhs call locals globals thats exactly problem though 2to3 fixer written tiny subset formatting calls meet constraints gave vast majority luck without major type inferencing additions 2to3 given expression x 2to3 hasnt got clue whether needs anything unless somehow knows types x understanding matches benjamins string formatting definitely second way something strformat preferred approach getting rid py3k isnt worth staggering amount breakage would result cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 235518 1000 python3000 implementing formatting terms strformat