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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-05-26 12:52:02 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2008-05-26 12:52:02 (GMT) |
| commit | 1e2f050a7952823a0cacbf32e2e9ccfc0a50b470 (patch) | |
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Merged revisions 63397,63673 via svnmerge from
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r63397 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-16 17:59:28 -0500 (Fri, 16 May 2008) | 2 lines
mention Py3k in glossary
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r63673 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-26 07:29:46 -0500 (Mon, 26 May 2008) | 2 lines
some updates to string formatting section in whatsnew
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 31ea41d..3fd892a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -526,9 +526,9 @@ environment variable. PEP 3101: Advanced String Formatting ===================================================== -In Python 3.0, the `%` operator is supplemented by a more powerful -string formatting method, :meth:`format`. Support for the -:meth:`format` method has been backported to Python 2.6. +In Python 3.0, the `%` operator is supplemented by a more powerful string +formatting method, :meth:`format`. Support for the :meth:`str.format` method +has been backported to Python 2.6. In 2.6, both 8-bit and Unicode strings have a `.format()` method that treats the string as a template and takes the arguments to be formatted. @@ -650,8 +650,11 @@ the type's :meth:`__format__` method with the provided specifier:: .. seealso:: + :ref:`formatstrings` + The reference format fields. + :pep:`3101` - Advanced String Formatting - PEP written by Talin. + PEP written by Talin. Implemented by Eric Smith. .. ====================================================================== |