documentation bug? (format spec mini language)

[Alan G Isaac]

The documentation at 
http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language

        '<' Forces the field to be left-aligned within the available space 
(This is the default.)

The conflicting example::

        >>> format(3.2,'10.5f')
        '   3.20000'
        >>> format(3.2,'<10.5f')
        '3.20000   '

Am I somehow misreading the documentation?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac


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