Issue #6656: fix locale.format_string to handle escaped percents and mappings.
Refactors format_string. Includes tests for the two problems noted in
the issue, but as far as I can see there are no other tests that confirm
that format_string conforms to normal % formatting rules.
diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
index b156066..921f4f6 100644
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -220,22 +220,30 @@
percents = list(_percent_re.finditer(f))
new_f = _percent_re.sub('%s', f)
- if isinstance(val, tuple):
- new_val = list(val)
+ if operator.isMappingType(val):
+ new_val = []
+ for perc in percents:
+ if perc.group()[-1]=='%':
+ new_val.append('%')
+ else:
+ new_val.append(format(perc.group(), val, grouping))
+ else:
+ if not isinstance(val, tuple):
+ val = (val,)
+ new_val = []
i = 0
for perc in percents:
- starcount = perc.group('modifiers').count('*')
- new_val[i] = format(perc.group(), new_val[i], grouping, False, *new_val[i+1:i+1+starcount])
- del new_val[i+1:i+1+starcount]
- i += (1 + starcount)
- val = tuple(new_val)
- elif operator.isMappingType(val):
- for perc in percents:
- key = perc.group("key")
- val[key] = format(perc.group(), val[key], grouping)
- else:
- # val is a single value
- val = format(percents[0].group(), val, grouping)
+ if perc.group()[-1]=='%':
+ new_val.append('%')
+ else:
+ starcount = perc.group('modifiers').count('*')
+ new_val.append(_format(perc.group(),
+ val[i],
+ grouping,
+ False,
+ *val[i+1:i+1+starcount]))
+ i += (1 + starcount)
+ val = tuple(new_val)
return new_f % val