[Python-Dev] PEP 461 Final?

[Ethan Furman]

On 01/17/2014 11:40 AM, Glenn Linderman wrote:
> On 1/17/2014 8:49 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>>     >>> b'%s' % 3.14
>>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     ...
>>     TypeError: 3.14 has no __bytes__ method
>
> If you produce a helpful error message for str (re: encoding), might it not be appropriate to produce a helpful error
> message for builtin number types (, perhaps you need a numeric format code?)?

Good point!  Done.

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~Ethan~