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#1153769: document PEP 237 changes to string formatting.

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Georg Brandl 2008-05-11 09:06:30 +00:00
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@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ The conversion flag characters are:
+---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
A length modifier (``h``, ``l``, or ``L``) may be present, but is ignored as it
is not necessary for Python.
is not necessary for Python -- so e.g. ``%ld`` is identical to ``%d``.
The conversion types are:
@ -1196,13 +1196,13 @@ The conversion types are:
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'i'`` | Signed integer decimal. | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'o'`` | Unsigned octal. | \(1) |
| ``'o'`` | Signed octal value. | \(1) |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'u'`` | Unsigned decimal. | |
| ``'u'`` | Obselete type -- it is identical to ``'d'``. | \(7) |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'x'`` | Unsigned hexadecimal (lowercase). | \(2) |
| ``'x'`` | Signed hexadecimal (lowercase). | \(2) |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'X'`` | Unsigned hexadecimal (uppercase). | \(2) |
| ``'X'`` | Signed hexadecimal (uppercase). | \(2) |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'e'`` | Floating point exponential format (lowercase). | \(3) |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
@ -1271,6 +1271,9 @@ Notes:
The precision determines the maximal number of characters used.
(7)
See :pep:`237`.
Since Python strings have an explicit length, ``%s`` conversions do not assume
that ``'\0'`` is the end of the string.