Except that they went and made .format() useless for bytes... which made everyone have to hang on to % for both 2/3 compatibility cases, and for all the cases w

Except that they went and made .format() useless for bytes... which made everyone have to hang on to % for both 2/3 compatibility cases, and for all the cases where bytes templates were actually needed (all kinda of lowlevel wire protocols and file storage formats).