Message 86722 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

Mark Dickinson wrote:

Although I guess if we wanted to, we could say that the empty presentation type is equivalent to 'g', but gives you parens.

This works for me.

Me, too.

[about suppressing real zeros...]

Again, we could say that the empty presentation type is different in this regard.

Makes sense. Does treating the empty presentation type as special this way add much extra complication to the implementation?

No. I'm basically finished with it. Before I check it in, I'll attach a patch (against trunk) so you can look at how it works.