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.
+
- Running Python with the -3 option now also warns about classic division
for ints and longs.