Eric Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment: str.__format__ and friends (int, float, complex) also have this same problem. For example, when they're computing the "fill" character:
>>> format('', 'x^') '' >>> format('', '\U00100140^') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: Invalid conversion specification ---------- nosy: +eric.smith _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue10521> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com