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r69806 | eric.smith | 2009-02-20 09:02:36 -0500 (Fri, 20 Feb 2009) | 1 line
Issue #5247: Improve error message when unknown format codes are used when using str.format() with str, unicode, long, int, and float arguments.
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5247: Improve error message when unknown format codes are
+ used when using str.format() with str, unicode, long, int, and
+ float arguments.
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- Running Python with the -3 option now also warns about classic division
for ints and longs.