#35177: Admin.display decorator functions do not output correct-format for 
'modern'
Python string-formatting
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               Reporter:             |          Owner:  nobody
  stephenskett                       |
                   Type:  Bug        |         Status:  new
              Component:             |        Version:  4.2
  contrib.admin                      |       Keywords:  admin, display,
               Severity:  Normal     |  string, format,
           Triage Stage:             |      Has patch:  0
  Unreviewed                         |
    Needs documentation:  0          |    Needs tests:  0
Patch needs improvement:  0          |  Easy pickings:  0
                  UI/UX:  0          |
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 I am trying to write an admin display function (using the
 [https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/django/contrib/admin/decorators.py
 admin.display decorator]) to output the values of a float-field to 3
 decimal places.

 Seemed like this should be pretty simple, and indeed it is, **IF** you use
 'old-style' Python format-strings, e.g.
 {{{
 class ModelFoo_Admin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     @admin.display
     def get_value_to_3dp(self, obj):
         return "%.3f" % obj.bar
 }}}

 However, if you use either of the more 'modern'-style Python string-
 formatting methods (i.e.
 [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html#the-string-format-
 method str.format] or [https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/inputoutput.html
 #formatted-string-literals formatted string-literals]), the specified
 string is not displayed using the specified formatting, i.e. this:
 {{{
 class ModelFoo_Admin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     @admin.display
     def get_value_to_3dp(self, obj):
         return "{0:3f}".format(obj.bar)
 }}}
 or this:
 {{{
 class ModelFoo_Admin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     @admin.display
     def get_value_to_3dp(self, obj):
         return f'{obj.bar:3f}'
 }}}
 display the output string to the default number of decimal-places (in my
 case, 6), with trailing zeroes, rather than to 3 decimal places as
 expected.

 I don't understand why there would be any difference between these
 approaches, so I am assuming this is a bug rather than the intended
 behaviour.
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