[boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com>, on %i/%d and %f/%F] > Hmm. I'm surprised this slight distinction was worth keeping two > format codes that otherwise do the same thing. Is there an actual > need for these due to Python being implemented behind the scenes in C?
The implementation is irrelevant to this. What is relevant: Python took its format-string semantics from C. Because of that alone, any deviation from what the C docs say has to have very strong justification. "It's just like C" saves us from needing to write our own mountains of tutorials and reference material. The C world - which has way more people and money supporting it - did that for us. Recall that I answered your original question by pointing to an article on the web about how this stuff works in C ;-) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
