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by davepeck 419 days ago
And $-strings (PEP 292) as well. :-)

I see each of these as distinct but overlapping; I'm (slowly) writing a guide to string formatting with all of these in mind, trying to emphasize when I'd choose one over the other. (fwiw I personally avoid % and + these days; $ is pretty uncommon in practice; f-, t-, and .format() all seem to have good unique uses.)