On 1/15/2014 4:32 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > A question for anyone that has extensive experience in both %-formatting > and .format-formatting: Would it be possible, at least for int and > float, to take whatever is in the specifier and convert to %? Example: > > "Weight: {wgt:-07f}".format(wgt=137.23) > > would take the "-07f" and basically do a "%-07f" % 137.23 to get the > ASCII to use?
I think the int.__format__ version might be a superset. Specifically, the "n" and "%" types. There may well be others. But I think we could say we're not going to support these in b"".format(). _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com