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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-06-11 18:37:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-06-11 18:37:52 (GMT) |
| commit | 559e5d7f4d1155e95fb6f925c927a263f9196935 (patch) | |
| tree | 4688423e81e9ffed7a5b2c87c50b55419e8e885a /Doc/library/string.rst | |
| parent | ea6d58d9d3033436b52e84960b9571525a4f5412 (diff) | |
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#2630: Implement PEP 3138.
The repr() of a string now contains printable Unicode characters unescaped.
The new ascii() builtin can be used to get a repr() with only ASCII characters in it.
PEP and patch were written by Atsuo Ishimoto.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst index a5c3a81..668a530 100644 --- a/Doc/library/string.rst +++ b/Doc/library/string.rst @@ -229,8 +229,9 @@ as a string, overriding its own definition of formatting. By converting the value to a string before calling :meth:`__format__`, the normal formatting logic is bypassed. -Two conversion flags are currently supported: ``'!s'`` which calls :func:`str` -on the value, and ``'!r'`` which calls :func:`repr`. +Three conversion flags are currently supported: ``'!s'`` which calls :func:`str` +on the value, ``'!r'`` which calls :func:`repr` and ``'!a'`` which calls +:func:`ascii`. Some examples:: |