--- a/contrib/check-code.py Mon May 18 16:09:05 2015 -0500
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py Mon May 18 16:11:44 2015 -0500
@@ -239,8 +239,6 @@
# (r'in range\(', "use xrange"),
# (r'^\s*print\s+', "avoid using print in core and extensions"),
(r'[\x80-\xff]', "non-ASCII character literal"),
- (r'(?<!def)\s+(format)\(',
- "format not available in Python 2.4", 'no-py24'),
(r'if\s.*\selse', "if ... else form not available in Python 2.4"),
(r'^\s*(%s)\s\s' % '|'.join(keyword.kwlist),
"gratuitous whitespace after Python keyword"),