Index: stdtypes.rst =================================================================== --- stdtypes.rst (revision 62989) +++ stdtypes.rst (working copy) @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ +---------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+ A length modifier (``h``, ``l``, or ``L``) may be present, but is ignored as it -is not necessary for Python. +is not necessary for Python. So ``%ld`` is identical to ``%d``. The conversion types are: @@ -1196,13 +1196,13 @@ +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ | ``'i'`` | Signed integer decimal. | | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| ``'o'`` | Unsigned octal. | \(1) | +| ``'o'`` | Signed octal value. | \(1) | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| ``'u'`` | Unsigned decimal. | | +| ``'d'`` | Obselete modifier. It is identical to d | \(7) | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| ``'x'`` | Unsigned hexadecimal (lowercase). | \(2) | +| ``'x'`` | Signed hexadecimal (lowercase). | \(2) | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ -| ``'X'`` | Unsigned hexadecimal (uppercase). | \(2) | +| ``'X'`` | Signed hexadecimal (uppercase). | \(2) | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ | ``'e'`` | Floating point exponential format (lowercase). | \(3) | +------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+ @@ -1271,6 +1271,9 @@ The precision determines the maximal number of characters used. +(7) + See PEP 237 + Since Python strings have an explicit length, ``%s`` conversions do not assume that ``'\0'`` is the end of the string.