[New-bugs-announce] [issue8096] locale.format_string fails on mapping keys

[Marcel Tschopp]

New submission from Marcel Tschopp <mts at polynorm.ch>:

locale.format_string doesn't return same result as a normal "string" % format directive, but raises a TypeError.

>>> locale.format_string('%(key)s', {'key': 'Test'})
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 225, in format_string
    val[key] = format(perc.group(), val[key], grouping)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/locale.py", line 182, in format
    formatted = percent % value
TypeError: format requires a mapping

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 100709
nosy: mtschopp
severity: normal
status: open
title: locale.format_string fails on mapping keys
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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