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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index 55d9a2b..3b98cc2 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -88,22 +88,21 @@ Other Language Changes Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are: -* The string :method:`format` method now supports automatic numbering - of the replacement fields. This makes using :meth:`format` - more closely resemble using ``%s`` formatting:: +* :meth:`str.format` method now supports automatic numbering of the replacement + fields. This makes using :meth:`str.format` more closely resemble using + ``%s`` formatting:: >>> '{}:{}:{}'.format(2009, 04, 'Sunday') '2009:4:Sunday' >>> '{}:{}:{day}'.format(2009, 4, day='Sunday') '2009:4:Sunday' - The auto-numbering takes the fields from left to right, so the first - ``{...}`` specifier will use the first argument to :meth:`format`, - the next specifier will use the next argument, and so on. You can't - mix auto-numbering and explicit numbering -- either number all of - your specifier fields or none of them -- but you can mix - auto-numbering and named fields, as in the second example above. - (Contributed by XXX; :issue`5237`.) + The auto-numbering takes the fields from left to right, so the first ``{...}`` + specifier will use the first argument to :meth:`str.format`, the next + specifier will use the next argument, and so on. You can't mix auto-numbering + and explicit numbering -- either number all of your specifier fields or none + of them -- but you can mix auto-numbering and named fields, as in the second + example above. (Contributed by XXX; :issue`5237`.) * The :func:`int` and :func:`long` types gained a ``bit_length`` method that returns the number of bits necessary to represent |