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-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/datamodel.rst5
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/import.rst17
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst108
4 files changed, 127 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 24e890d..513cc15 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -471,10 +471,10 @@ A function definition defines a user-defined function object (see section
decorators: `decorator`+
decorator: "@" `dotted_name` ["(" [`parameter_list` [","]] ")"] NEWLINE
dotted_name: `identifier` ("." `identifier`)*
- parameter_list: (`defparameter` ",")*
- : | "*" [`parameter`] ("," `defparameter`)* ["," "**" `parameter`]
- : | "**" `parameter`
- : | `defparameter` [","] )
+ parameter_list: `defparameter` ("," `defparameter`)* ["," [`parameter_list_starargs`]]
+ : | `parameter_list_starargs`
+ parameter_list_starargs: "*" [`parameter`] ("," `defparameter`)* ["," ["**" `parameter` [","]]]
+ : | "**" `parameter` [","]
parameter: `identifier` [":" `expression`]
defparameter: `parameter` ["=" `expression`]
funcname: `identifier`
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 997e9ee..b67ccbb 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1234,8 +1234,9 @@ Basic customization
.. method:: object.__format__(self, format_spec)
- Called by the :func:`format` built-in function (and by extension, the
- :meth:`str.format` method of class :class:`str`) to produce a "formatted"
+ Called by the :func:`format` built-in function,
+ and by extension, evaluation of :ref:`formatted string literals
+ <f-strings>` and the :meth:`str.format` method, to produce a "formatted"
string representation of an object. The ``format_spec`` argument is
a string that contains a description of the formatting options desired.
The interpretation of the ``format_spec`` argument is up to the type
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
index 2144c1f..56049ce 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -554,19 +554,30 @@ the module.
details.
This attribute is used instead of ``__name__`` to calculate explicit
- relative imports for main modules, as defined in :pep:`366`.
+ relative imports for main modules, as defined in :pep:`366`. It is
+ expected to have the same value as ``__spec__.parent``.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ The value of ``__package__`` is expected to be the same as
+ ``__spec__.parent``.
.. attribute:: __spec__
The ``__spec__`` attribute must be set to the module spec that was
- used when importing the module. This is used primarily for
- introspection and during reloading. Setting ``__spec__``
+ used when importing the module. Setting ``__spec__``
appropriately applies equally to :ref:`modules initialized during
interpreter startup <programs>`. The one exception is ``__main__``,
where ``__spec__`` is :ref:`set to None in some cases <main_spec>`.
+ When ``__package__`` is not defined, ``__spec__.parent`` is used as
+ a fallback.
+
.. versionadded:: 3.4
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.6
+ ``__spec__.parent`` is used as a fallback when ``__package__`` is
+ not defined.
+
.. attribute:: __path__
If the module is a package (either regular or namespace), the module
diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index b669d84..44dbda9 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ String literals are described by the following lexical definitions:
.. productionlist::
stringliteral: [`stringprefix`](`shortstring` | `longstring`)
- stringprefix: "r" | "u" | "R" | "U"
+ stringprefix: "r" | "u" | "R" | "U" | "f" | "F"
+ : | "fr" | "Fr" | "fR" | "FR" | "rf" | "rF" | "Rf" | "RF"
shortstring: "'" `shortstringitem`* "'" | '"' `shortstringitem`* '"'
longstring: "'''" `longstringitem`* "'''" | '"""' `longstringitem`* '"""'
shortstringitem: `shortstringchar` | `stringescapeseq`
@@ -464,6 +465,11 @@ is not supported.
to simplify the maintenance of dual Python 2.x and 3.x codebases.
See :pep:`414` for more information.
+A string literal with ``'f'`` or ``'F'`` in its prefix is a
+:dfn:`formatted string literal`; see :ref:`f-strings`. The ``'f'`` may be
+combined with ``'r'``, but not with ``'b'`` or ``'u'``, therefore raw
+formatted strings are possible, but formatted bytes literals are not.
+
In triple-quoted literals, unescaped newlines and quotes are allowed (and are
retained), except that three unescaped quotes in a row terminate the literal. (A
"quote" is the character used to open the literal, i.e. either ``'`` or ``"``.)
@@ -583,7 +589,105 @@ comments to parts of strings, for example::
Note that this feature is defined at the syntactical level, but implemented at
compile time. The '+' operator must be used to concatenate string expressions
at run time. Also note that literal concatenation can use different quoting
-styles for each component (even mixing raw strings and triple quoted strings).
+styles for each component (even mixing raw strings and triple quoted strings),
+and formatted string literals may be concatenated with plain string literals.
+
+
+.. index::
+ single: formatted string literal
+ single: interpolated string literal
+ single: string; formatted literal
+ single: string; interpolated literal
+ single: f-string
+.. _f-strings:
+
+Formatted string literals
+-------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.6
+
+A :dfn:`formatted string literal` or :dfn:`f-string` is a string literal
+that is prefixed with ``'f'`` or ``'F'``. These strings may contain
+replacement fields, which are expressions delimited by curly braces ``{}``.
+While other string literals always have a constant value, formatted strings
+are really expressions evaluated at run time.
+
+Escape sequences are decoded like in ordinary string literals (except when
+a literal is also marked as a raw string). After decoding, the grammar
+for the contents of the string is:
+
+.. productionlist::
+ f_string: (`literal_char` | "{{" | "}}" | `replacement_field`)*
+ replacement_field: "{" `f_expression` ["!" `conversion`] [":" `format_spec`] "}"
+ f_expression: `conditional_expression` ("," `conditional_expression`)* [","]
+ : | `yield_expression`
+ conversion: "s" | "r" | "a"
+ format_spec: (`literal_char` | NULL | `replacement_field`)*
+ literal_char: <any code point except "{", "}" or NULL>
+
+The parts of the string outside curly braces are treated literally,
+except that any doubled curly braces ``'{{'`` or ``'}}'`` are replaced
+with the corresponding single curly brace. A single opening curly
+bracket ``'{'`` marks a replacement field, which starts with a
+Python expression. After the expression, there may be a conversion field,
+introduced by an exclamation point ``'!'``. A format specifier may also
+be appended, introduced by a colon ``':'``. A replacement field ends
+with a closing curly bracket ``'}'``.
+
+Expressions in formatted string literals are treated like regular
+Python expressions surrounded by parentheses, with a few exceptions.
+An empty expression is not allowed, and a :keyword:`lambda` expression
+must be surrounded by explicit parentheses. Replacement expressions
+can contain line breaks (e.g. in triple-quoted strings), but they
+cannot contain comments. Each expression is evaluated in the context
+where the formatted string literal appears, in order from left to right.
+
+If a conversion is specified, the result of evaluating the expression
+is converted before formatting. Conversion ``'!s'`` calls :func:`str` on
+the result, ``'!r'`` calls :func:`repr`, and ``'!a'`` calls :func:`ascii`.
+
+The result is then formatted using the :func:`format` protocol. The
+format specifier is passed to the :meth:`__format__` method of the
+expression or conversion result. An empty string is passed when the
+format specifier is omitted. The formatted result is then included in
+the final value of the whole string.
+
+Top-level format specifiers may include nested replacement fields.
+These nested fields may include their own conversion fields and
+format specifiers, but may not include more deeply-nested replacement fields.
+
+Formatted string literals may be concatenated, but replacement fields
+cannot be split across literals.
+
+Some examples of formatted string literals::
+
+ >>> name = "Fred"
+ >>> f"He said his name is {name!r}."
+ "He said his name is 'Fred'."
+ >>> f"He said his name is {repr(name)}." # repr() is equivalent to !r
+ "He said his name is 'Fred'."
+ >>> width = 10
+ >>> precision = 4
+ >>> value = decimal.Decimal("12.34567")
+ >>> f"result: {value:{width}.{precision}}" # nested fields
+ 'result: 12.35'
+
+A consequence of sharing the same syntax as regular string literals is
+that characters in the replacement fields must not conflict with the
+quoting used in the outer formatted string literal. Also, escape
+sequences normally apply to the outer formatted string literal,
+rather than inner string literals::
+
+ f"abc {a["x"]} def" # error: outer string literal ended prematurely
+ f"abc {a[\"x\"]} def" # workaround: escape the inner quotes
+ f"abc {a['x']} def" # workaround: use different quoting
+
+ f"newline: {ord('\n')}" # error: literal line break in inner string
+ f"newline: {ord('\\n')}" # workaround: double escaping
+ fr"newline: {ord('\n')}" # workaround: raw outer string
+
+See also :pep:`498` for the proposal that added formatted string literals,
+and :meth:`str.format`, which uses a related format string mechanism.
.. _numbers: