[Python-3000] More PEP 3101 changes incoming (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Aug 6 02:24:20 CEST 2007

Talin wrote:

So 's:10,5' to indicate a max width of 10, min width of 5.

If you just say

':s10'

does this mean there's no minimum width, or that the minimum width is also 10?

The former would be somewhat unintuitive, but if the latter, then the separation between format and width specifiers breaks down.

-- Greg

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