[Python-3000] PATCH: library reference docs for PEP 3101

[Georg Brandl]

Talin schrieb:
> I just posted on the tracker a patch which adds extensive documentation 
> for PEP 3101 to the Python Library Reference. This includes:
> 
>    str.format()
>    format()
>    __format__
>    Formatter
>    format string syntax
>    format specification mini-language
> 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue1068
> 
> (Eric, my description of the Formatter overloaded methods may not match 
> your latest revisions. Feel free to point out any errors.)
> 
> Oh, and thanks to Georg for making it possible for me to actually write 
> library documentation :)

I hope it was a pleasant experience :)

I've committed the patch together with more string fixes.

Georg

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