[New-bugs-announce] [issue30321] format() function prints fillchar as backslash twice

[PradeepKumar]

New submission from PradeepKumar:

The output expected is,
'\R\'

but it shows this.

>>> '{:\^3}'.format('R')
'\\R\\'
>>>

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messages: 293343
nosy: pradeepkr
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: format() function prints fillchar as backslash twice
versions: Python 3.6

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