On Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:20:20 -0400, "Eric V. Smith" <e...@trueblade.com> wrote:
> On 04/02/2014 04:08 PM, John Tyree wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there any particularly reason for the following behavior on both
> > 2.7.6 and 3.4.0 ?
> >
> > >>> "{:\x00<5}".format(2)
> > '2 '
> > >>>
> > "{:\x20<5}".format(2)
> >
> >
> > '2 '
> > >>>
> > "{:\x01<5}".format(2)
> >
> >
> > '2\x01\x01\x01\x01'
> > >>> "{:\x00<5}".format(2) ==
> > "{:\x20<5}".format(2)
> >
> >
> > True
> >
> >
> > The docs say "If a valid /align/ value is specified, it can be preceded
> > by a /fill/ character that can be any character and defaults to a space
> > if omitted," so I'm inclined to call this a good old fashioned bug.
>
> I'd say it's a bug. Please open a bug, assign it to me (eric.smith), and
> I'll comment on it there.
There is an existing bug report (assigned to you :), with a partial patch:
http://bugs.python.org/issue12546
--David
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