[issue9328] str.__format__.__doc__ backport glitch

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> added the comment:

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Eric Smith <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
> Although why all of the methods say "string" and not "str" isn't clear to me. Probably historical.

Indeed; we used "string" in the docs as an informal way to say what
eventually became known as basestring.

  -Fred

----------
nosy: +fdrake

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue9328>
_______________________________________