Message 217674 - Python tracker
If the purpose of backporting .format was/is to help people writing forward-looking code, or now, to write 2&3 code, then it should work like .format in 3.x, at lease when the format string is unicode.
If the purpose of backporting .format was/is to help people writing forward-looking code, or now, to write 2&3 code, then it should work like .format in 3.x, at lease when the format string is unicode.