Eric Smith wrote: > Greg Ewing wrote: >> Eric Smith wrote: >> >>> 1: exposing builtin_format(), probably giving it another name >>> (PyObject_Format?) and moving it somewhere other than bltinmodule.c. >> PyObject_Format sounds more like an API for invoking the >> __format__ lookup mechanism. Maybe something like >> PyObject_DefaultFormat would be better. > > I see it like: > PyObject_Str(o) gives you str(o), > PyObject_Unicode(o) gives you unicode(o) > so > PyObject_Format(o, spec) give you format(o, spec). > > All 3 of them do things with __special__ methods.
Having heard no objections, I'm going to call this PyObject_Format and put it in abstract.c. Eric. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com