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Sat Oct 10 18:06:59 CEST 2009 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-October/092920.html

Glenn Linderman wrote:
> If you want to replace a C program that produces parsed output in a
> given format, and that given format includes leading-0-octal numbers,
> then it would be good to have the capability in Python .format, even
> though Python itself uses 0o prefix.
> 
> Similar arguments may apply anywhere else that sprintf produces
> something that .format cannot currently produce.

Heh, I should have read this before making my last comment - this is
exactly what I was trying to get at :)

Cheers,
Nick.

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