[Python-3000] PEP 3101 str.format() equivalent of '%#o/x/X'?

[Nick Coghlan]

wesley chun wrote:
> i have to resort to the uglier:
> 
>>>> 'dec: {0}/oct: 0o{0:o}/hex: 0X{0:X}'.format(i)
> 'dec: 45/oct: 0o55/hex: 0X2D'

Is being explicit about the displayed prefix really that much uglier? 
The old # alternative display formats were somewhat arbitrary.

> is this functionality being dropped, or am i missing something?  i
> didn't get anything from searching the Py3000 mailing list archives. i
> couldn't find anything in either formatter.h nor stringobject.c.
> 
> secondly, and much more minor, is that i think there's a minor typo in the PEP:
> print format(10.0, "7.3g")  <-- print() is now a function so it needs
> another pair of ( ).

It works fine as written in 2.x :)

(but, yes, you're right that as a 3000-series PEP, 3101 should probably 
treat print() as a function in its examples)

Cheers,
Nick.
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