[Python-checkins] r84553 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/string.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Mon Sep  6 08:49:07 2010
New Revision: 84553

Log:
#9780: both { and } are not valid fill characters.

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/string.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/string.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/string.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/string.rst	Mon Sep  6 08:49:07 2010
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@
    precision: `integer`
    type: "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | "F" | "g" | "G" | "n" | "o" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "%"
 
-The *fill* character can be any character other than '}' (which signifies the
-end of the field).  The presence of a fill character is signaled by the *next*
-character, which must be one of the alignment options. If the second character
-of *format_spec* is not a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both
-the fill character and the alignment option are absent.
+The *fill* character can be any character other than '{' or '}'.  The presence
+of a fill character is signaled by the character following it, which must be
+one of the alignment options.  If the second character of *format_spec* is not
+a valid alignment option, then it is assumed that both the fill character and
+the alignment option are absent.
 
 The meaning of the various alignment options is as follows: