Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Yes, it is what I want. Current behavior is just an artefact of the implementation. I have doubts that any other implementation of printf-like formatting has such behavior.
Bytes formatting starves from the same issue. >>> b'% %' % {} b'%' But there are differences: >>> '%12%' % () '%' >>> b'%12%' % () b' %' ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29568> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com