Terry J. Reedy added the comment: *Way* too wordy. In msg278666, I suggested minimal and terse alternatives. a. /exactly/nearly/ b. add "except that a 0 conversion flag is not ignored when a precision is given for d, i, o, u, x and X conversion types" ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28415> _______________________________________