Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The issue History suggests that the original report was marked for 2.6, 3.0, 3.1. It is not clear which versions the OP or anyone else tested. I removed the versions above and added 3.2, 3.3 after reporting a test on 3.2.0. I did not report 2.7 behavior and don't know when 2.7 was added.
In any case, 2.7.13 has the same % behavior as 3.6 (and 3.7): >>> '' % 1 ... TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting So someone or ones decided to resolve the inconsistency in a manner the opposite of what Martin suggested. ''.format(1, 2, 3) *does* ignore the extra arguments, but I will not call the difference between % and .format a bug, as it appears intentional. With f strings, there is no issue of 'extra arguments I augmented the title to be clearer that the issue was the inconsistency, which is now gone. Thanks, Cheryl, for rechecking. ---------- components: +Interpreter Core resolution: -> out of date stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed title: '' % object() raises TypeError -> '' % object() raises TypeError, '' % A() does not _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6396> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
