Standard Library documentation fails to mention that string.Formatter, etc. are new in Python 2.6

[forestatq]

BPO	7527
Nosy	@birkenfeld, @ericvsmith

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[forestatq]

This page:

http://docs.python.org/library/string.html

... should mention that the Formatter class and any associated functions
are new in Python 2.6.

[ericvsmith]

8.1.2 does start with "Starting in Python 2.6", although I suppose there
could be a versionadded tag.

[forestatq]

Ah, I didn't see it there. Oh well, do what seems right.

[birkenfeld]

I changed the prose into a versionadded tag in r76882.