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Diffstat (limited to 'Python/bltinmodule.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/bltinmodule.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c index 551e4f3..2809b03 100644 --- a/Python/bltinmodule.c +++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c @@ -677,16 +677,19 @@ format as builtin_format format_spec: unicode(c_default="NULL") = '' / -Return value.__format__(format_spec) +Return type(value).__format__(value, format_spec) -format_spec defaults to the empty string. -See the Format Specification Mini-Language section of help('FORMATTING') for -details. +Many built-in types implement format_spec according to the +Format Specification Mini-language. See help('FORMATTING'). + +If type(value) does not supply a method named __format__ +and format_spec is empty, then str(value) is returned. +See also help('SPECIALMETHODS'). [clinic start generated code]*/ static PyObject * builtin_format_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *value, PyObject *format_spec) -/*[clinic end generated code: output=2f40bdfa4954b077 input=88339c93ea522b33]*/ +/*[clinic end generated code: output=2f40bdfa4954b077 input=45ef3934b86d5624]*/ { return PyObject_Format(value, format_spec); } |