As discussed on python-dev, remove several operator functions

isSequenceType(), isMappingType(), and isNumberType() in favor
of using abstract base classes.  Also, remove repeat() and irepeat()
in favor of mul() and imul().

After the buildbots have had a go at this.  Will backport to Py3.0.1.
For Py2.7, will just mark as deprecated.

Lib/locale.py

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def format(percent, value, grouping=False, monetary=False, *additional):
             formatted = _group(formatted, monetary=monetary)[0]
     return formatted
 
-import re, operator
+import re, collections
 _percent_re = re.compile(r'%(?:\((?P<key>.*?)\))?'
                          r'(?P<modifiers>[-#0-9 +*.hlL]*?)[eEfFgGdiouxXcrs%]')
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def format_string(f, val, grouping=False):
             del new_val[i+1:i+1+starcount]
             i += (1 + starcount)
         val = tuple(new_val)
-    elif operator.isMappingType(val):
+    elif isinstance(val, collections.Mapping):
         for perc in percents:
             key = perc.group("key")
             val[key] = format(perc.group(), val[key], grouping)