Message 170587 - Python tracker

Message170587

Author	chris.jerdonek
Recipients	Arfrever, chris.jerdonek, docs@python
Date	2012-09-17.06:26:10
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Message-id	<1347863171.14.0.406711320106.issue15952@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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See this code comment: /* don't define FORMAT_LONG, FORMAT_FLOAT, and FORMAT_COMPLEX, since we can live with only the string versions of those. The builtin format() will convert them to unicode. */ from http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/19601d451d4c/Python/formatter_unicode.c In other words, it was deliberate not to make value.__format__(format_spec) return unicode when format_spec is unicode. So the docs should be adjusted to say that they are not always the same.

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See this code comment:

/* don't define FORMAT_LONG, FORMAT_FLOAT, and FORMAT_COMPLEX, since
   we can live with only the string versions of those.  The builtin
   format() will convert them to unicode. */

from http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/19601d451d4c/Python/formatter_unicode.c

In other words, it was deliberate not to make value.__format__(format_spec) return unicode when format_spec is unicode.  So the docs should be adjusted to say that they are not always the same.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-09-17 06:26:11	chris.jerdonek	set	recipients: + chris.jerdonek, Arfrever, docs@python
2012-09-17 06:26:11	chris.jerdonek	set	messageid: <1347863171.14.0.406711320106.issue15952@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2012-09-17 06:26:10	chris.jerdonek	create