diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 9df78af..edf5ae2 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -200,31 +200,59 @@
 # exposed here via the sys module.  sys was chosen because it's always
 # available and doesn't have to be dynamically loaded.
 
-# The parser is implemented in sys._formatter_parser.
-# The "object lookup" is implemented in sys._formatter_lookup
+# The overall parser is implemented in sys._formatter_parser.
+# The field name parser is implemented in sys._formatter_field_name_split
 
-from sys import _formatter_parser, _formatter_lookup
+from sys import _formatter_parser, _formatter_field_name_split
 
 class Formatter:
     def format(self, format_string, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.vformat(format_string, args, kwargs)
 
     def vformat(self, format_string, args, kwargs):
+        used_args = set()
         result = []
         for (is_markup, literal, field_name, format_spec, conversion) in \
                 _formatter_parser(format_string):
             if is_markup:
-                # find the object
-                index, name, obj = _formatter_lookup(field_name, args, kwargs)
+                # given the field_name, find the object it references
+
+                # split it into the first part, and and iterator that
+                #  looks over the rest
+                first, rest = _formatter_field_name_split(field_name)
+
+                used_args.add(first)
+                obj = self.get_value(first, args, kwargs)
+
+                # loop through the rest of the field_name, doing
+                #  getattr or getitem as needed
+                for is_attr, i in rest:
+                    if is_attr:
+                        obj = getattr(obj, i)
+                    else:
+                        obj = obj[i]
+
+                # do any conversion on the resulting object
+                if conversion == 'r':
+                    obj = repr(obj)
+                elif conversion == 's':
+                    obj = str(obj)
+
+                # format the object and append to the result
+                result.append(self.format_field(obj, format_spec))
             else:
                 result.append(literal)
+        self.check_unused_args(used_args, args, kwargs)
         return ''.join(result)
 
     def get_value(self, key, args, kwargs):
-        pass
+        if isinstance(key, int):
+            return args[key]
+        else:
+            return kwargs[key]
 
     def check_unused_args(self, used_args, args, kwargs):
         pass
 
     def format_field(self, value, format_spec):
-        pass
+        return format(value, format_spec)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_string.py b/Lib/test/test_string.py
index ce9fe23..1706d2a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_string.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_string.py
@@ -19,8 +19,27 @@
         fmt = string.Formatter()
         self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo"), "foo")
 
-        # Formatter not working you for lookups
-        #self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo{0}", "bar"), "foobar")
+        self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo{0}", "bar"), "foobar")
+        self.assertEqual(fmt.format("foo{1}{0}-{1}", "bar", 6), "foo6bar-6")
+        self.assertEqual(fmt.format("-{arg!r}-", arg='test'), "-'test'-")
+
+        class NamespaceFormatter(string.Formatter):
+            def __init__(self, namespace={}):
+                string.Formatter.__init__(self)
+                self.namespace = namespace
+
+            def get_value(self, key, args, kwds):
+                if isinstance(key, str):
+                    try:
+                        # Check explicitly passed arguments first
+                        return kwds[key]
+                    except KeyError:
+                        return self.namespace[key]
+                else:
+                    string.Formatter.get_value(key, args, kwds)
+
+        fmt = NamespaceFormatter({'greeting':'hello'})
+        self.assertEqual(fmt.format("{greeting}, world!"), 'hello, world!')
 
 
     def test_maketrans(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index ff0e015..c39ec09 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -449,6 +449,10 @@
         self.assertEqual('}}{{'.format(), '}{')
         self.assertEqual('}}x{{'.format(), '}x{')
 
+        # weird field names
+        self.assertEqual("{0[foo-bar]}".format({'foo-bar':'baz'}), 'baz')
+        self.assertEqual("{0[foo bar]}".format({'foo bar':'baz'}), 'baz')
+
         self.assertEqual('{foo._x}'.format(foo=C(20)), '20')
         self.assertEqual('{1}{0}'.format(D(10), D(20)), '2010')
         self.assertEqual('{0._x.x}'.format(C(D('abc'))), 'abc')
@@ -539,7 +543,11 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "abc{0:{}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0".format)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0.}".format)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0[}".format)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0]}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0.[]}".format)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0..foo}".format, 0)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0[0}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0[0:foo}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{c]}".format)
@@ -551,6 +559,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{0!rs}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{!}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{:}".format)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{:s}".format)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "{}".format)
 
         # can't have a replacement on the field name portion