[3.6] bpo-29526: Add reference to help('FORMATTING') in format() builtin (GH-166). (#3491)
(cherry picked from commit 2e6bb4484ee1b0da67d1dfcf0816c58602daa5a0)diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 597e26e..911e2ba 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -588,12 +588,14 @@
Return value.__format__(format_spec)
-format_spec defaults to the empty string
+format_spec defaults to the empty string.
+See the Format Specification Mini-Language section of help('FORMATTING') for
+details.
[clinic start generated code]*/
static PyObject *
builtin_format_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *value, PyObject *format_spec)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=2f40bdfa4954b077 input=6325e751a1b29b86]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=2f40bdfa4954b077 input=88339c93ea522b33]*/
{
return PyObject_Format(value, format_spec);
}
diff --git a/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h b/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h
index c88deef..37ce794 100644
--- a/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h
+++ b/Python/clinic/bltinmodule.c.h
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@
"\n"
"Return value.__format__(format_spec)\n"
"\n"
-"format_spec defaults to the empty string");
+"format_spec defaults to the empty string.\n"
+"See the Format Specification Mini-Language section of help(\'FORMATTING\') for\n"
+"details.");
#define BUILTIN_FORMAT_METHODDEF \
{"format", (PyCFunction)builtin_format, METH_VARARGS, builtin_format__doc__},
@@ -674,4 +676,4 @@
exit:
return return_value;
}
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=63483deb75805f7c input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=2ef82846acdfa0f5 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/