[Python-checkins] r69895 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst

Mon Feb 23 11:24:05 CET 2009

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Mon Feb 23 11:24:05 2009
New Revision: 69895
Log:
#5348: format() converts all kinds of values.
Modified:
 python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/functions.rst	Mon Feb 23 11:24:05 2009
@@ -415,14 +415,15 @@
 pair: str; format
 single: __format__
 
- Convert a string or a number to a "formatted" representation, as controlled
- by *format_spec*. The interpretation of *format_spec* will depend on the
- type of the *value* argument, however there is a standard formatting syntax
- that is used by most built-in types: :ref:`formatspec`.
+ Convert a *value* to a "formatted" representation, as controlled by
+ *format_spec*. The interpretation of *format_spec* will depend on the type
+ of the *value* argument, however there is a standard formatting syntax that
+ is used by most built-in types: :ref:`formatspec`.
 
 .. note::
 
- ``format(value, format_spec)`` merely calls ``value.__format__(format_spec)``.
+ ``format(value, format_spec)`` merely calls
+ ``value.__format__(format_spec)``.
 
 
 .. function:: frozenset([iterable])
