Guido van Rossum added the comment: It's simply the effect of the "%.200R" format here: https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Modules/_sre.c#l1417
I recommend not bothering to fix this: it would just be more code, and to what end? ---------- nosy: +gvanrossum _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26068> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com