[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9f74deba784fc8781d13ed564f69c02ed7c331bb merged by Warsaw (last March). It removed the whole phrase, "Instead of the normal %-based substitutions," I think the other changes would be more worth

[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

Change by Raymond Hettinger : -- versions: -Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: FWIW, this was already fixed in the 3.7 docs. I don't feel any real need to backport it. -- assignee: rhettinger -> ___ Python tracker

[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: On Dec 10, 2017, at 14:36, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > > Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > > We can remove the word "normal" but otherwise the docs read fairly well. +1 > FWIW,

[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: We can remove the word "normal" but otherwise the docs read fairly well. FWIW, when there docs were written, the {} new-style string formatting didn't exist, so the wording was reasonable at the time. -- assignee:

[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

Change by Barry A. Warsaw : -- nosy: +barry ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue32263] Template string docs refer to "normal %-based substitutions"

New submission from Glenn Linderman : At least as far back as Python 3.1, the description for Template strings (section 6.1.5 in version 3.6.4rc1 docs) starts by differentiating what Template strings do, as: Instead of the normal %-based substitutions, Templates support