[Python-3000] Format specifier proposal

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Aug 13 01:46:20 CEST 2007


Talin wrote:
>     :s10      # String right-aligned within field of minimum width
>               # of 10 chars.

I'm wondering whether the default alignment for
strings should be left instead of right. The C
way is all very consistent and all, but it's not
a very practical default. How often do you want
a right-aligned string?

--
Greg


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