Re-arranging order of display is possible using % operator

[jforberg]

...This allows for re-arranging the order of display without changing the arguments. This operation is not available with old-style formatting.

This is false. Consider: '%(b)s %(a)s' % { 'a': 'one', 'b': 'two' }

This functionality has been in Python since "forever" (20+ years), as far as I can tell.

[ulope]

While true that this has been possible forever, it's question of semantics.

The paragraph you're quoting is talking about positional arguments which aren't possible to reorder using % formatting.

If you can come up with a less absolute statement that doesn't unnecessarily confuse the matter I'd consider integrating it.