[Python-checkins] bpo-38657: Clarify numeric padding behaviour in string formatting (GH-17036)

Pete Wicken webhook-mailer at python.org
Fri Feb 21 00:53:20 EST 2020


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/424e5686d82235e08f8108b8bbe034bc91421689
commit: 424e5686d82235e08f8108b8bbe034bc91421689
branch: master
author: Pete Wicken <2273100+JamoBox at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020-02-20T21:53:12-08:00
summary:

bpo-38657: Clarify numeric padding behaviour in string formatting (GH-17036)



Make the definition of the width more explicit that it includes any
extra signs added by other options.


https://bugs.python.org/issue38657



Automerge-Triggered-By: @Mariatta

files:
M Doc/library/string.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index e2983db1ac832..89c169a512b52 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -415,8 +415,9 @@ error.
 .. versionchanged:: 3.6
    Added the ``'_'`` option (see also :pep:`515`).
 
-*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field width.  If not
-specified, then the field width will be determined by the content.
+*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum total field width,
+including any prefixes, separators, and other formatting characters.
+If not specified, then the field width will be determined by the content.
 
 When no explicit alignment is given, preceding the *width* field by a zero
 (``'0'``) character enables



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