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authorVinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>2010-12-13 18:49:08 (GMT)
committerVinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>2010-12-13 18:49:08 (GMT)
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Logging documentation update.
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@@ -3600,13 +3600,16 @@ attribute names, their meanings and the corresponding placeholder in a %-style
format string.
If you are using {}-formatting (:func:`str.format`), you can use
-``{{attrname}}`` as the placeholder in the format string. If you are using
+``{attrname}`` as the placeholder in the format string. If you are using
$-formatting (:class:`string.Template`), use the form ``${attrname}``. In
both cases, of course, replace ``attrname`` with the actual attribute name
you want to use.
In the case of {}-formatting, you can specify formatting flags by placing them
-after the attribute name, separated from it with a colon.
+after the attribute name, separated from it with a colon. For example: a
+placeholder of ``{msecs:03d}`` would format a millisecond value of ``4`` as
+``004``. Refer to the :meth:`str.format` documentation for full details on
+the options available to you.
+----------------+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Attribute name | Format | Description |