New submission from David Chambers: >From http://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatspec:
> The presence of a fill character is signaled by the character > following it, which must be one of the alignment options. If the > second character of format_spec is not a valid alignment option, > then it is assumed that both the fill character and the alignment > option are absent. The fact that the second character in the format_spec is not an alignment option is not sufficient to declare that the alignment option is absent: the alignment option may be the first character in the format_spec. For example: >>> '{:^10}'.format(42) ' 42 ' I suggest the following wording: The presence of a fill character is signaled by the character following it, which must be one of the alignment options. Unless the second character of format_spec is a valid alignment option, the fill character is assumed to be absent. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 199633 nosy: davidchambers, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Misleading explanation of fill and align in format_spec _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue19238> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com