Re: [Python-Dev] [format] Restrict fill characters for numerical values

Stefan Krah <stefan-usenet@bytereef.org> wrote:

I simply think that apart from rounding, the output of format should not change the numerical value of its argument. The format functions in C do not allow this to happen. Are there other languages where this is possible?

Actually there are other cases: strfmon() allows this, too. Let's drop it. Stefan Krah