New submission from Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com>: I just noticed that https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#formatspec links to the "integer" definition in the main Python grammar for the permitted format of numeric fields.
This isn't accurate: ``` >>> format(10e4, ",.2f") '100,000.00' >>> format(10e4, ",.0x2f") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: Invalid format specifier >>> format(10e4, ",.2_2f") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: Invalid format specifier ``` Instead, the `width` and `precision` subfields should be defined as "digit+" ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 311229 nosy: docs@python, ncoghlan priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Format mini-language integer definition is incorrect type: behavior versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32720> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
