Message 150548 - Python tracker

Message150548

Author	skrah
Recipients	eric.smith, loewis, mark.dickinson, skrah, vstinner
Date	2012-01-03.22:36:24
SpamBayes Score	6.1858264e-06
Marked as misclassified	No
Message-id	<1325630185.42.0.0487894537415.issue13706@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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It used to be possible to specify Unicode fill characters in numeric formatting: Python 3.3.0a0 (default:1dd6908df8f5, Jul 16 2011, 11:16:00) [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> format(1234, "\u2007<7") '1234\u2007\u2007\u2007' [64682 refs] >>> Now it doesn't work: Python 3.3.0a0 (default:65ac469d30e6, Jan 3 2012, 23:23:07) [GCC 4.4.3] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> format(1234, "\u2007<7") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: fill character too large

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It used to be possible to specify Unicode fill characters in numeric
formatting:

Python 3.3.0a0 (default:1dd6908df8f5, Jul 16 2011, 11:16:00) 
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> format(1234, "\u2007<7")
'1234\u2007\u2007\u2007'
[64682 refs]
>>> 


Now it doesn't work:

Python 3.3.0a0 (default:65ac469d30e6, Jan  3 2012, 23:23:07) 
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> format(1234, "\u2007<7")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: fill character too large

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-03 22:36:25	skrah	set	recipients: + skrah, loewis, mark.dickinson, vstinner, eric.smith
2012-01-03 22:36:25	skrah	set	messageid: <1325630185.42.0.0487894537415.issue13706@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-01-03 22:36:24	skrah	link	issue13706 messages
2012-01-03 22:36:24	skrah	create