[New-bugs-announce] [issue15660] In str.format there is a misleading error message about alignment

[py.user]

New submission from py.user:

>>> '{:02}'.format('a')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: '=' alignment not allowed in string format specifier
>>>


according to http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#formatspec
the default alignment is '<' or '>'

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 168258
nosy: py.user
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: In str.format there is a misleading error message about alignment
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.2

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