py.user <port...@yandex.ru> added the comment: R. David Murray wrote: > Putting nothing between the {}'s is an empty format string.
this is an empty replacement field here: http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#format-string-syntax the definition of format string: "Format strings contain “replacement fields” surrounded by curly braces {}. Anything that is not contained in braces is considered literal text, which is copied unchanged to the output." "The grammar for a replacement field is as follows:" replacement_field ::= "{" [field_name] ["!" conversion] [":" format_spec] "}" ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13790> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com