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Author	pitrou
Recipients	pitrou
Date	2009-02-13.14:12:53
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Marked as misclassified	No
Message-id	<1234534375.72.0.877493256836.issue5247@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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>>> "{0:f}".format(2.5) '2.500000' >>> "{0:f}".format("spam") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: Unknown conversion type f The error message should mention the type of the argument that doesn't support the given conversion type (e.g. "Unknown conversion type f for object of type 'float'"). Otherwise it can be very confusing.

>>> "{0:f}".format(2.5)
'2.500000'
>>> "{0:f}".format("spam")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: Unknown conversion type f

The error message should mention the type of the argument that doesn't
support the given conversion type (e.g. "Unknown conversion type f for
object of type 'float'"). Otherwise it can be very confusing.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-02-13 14:12:55	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou
2009-02-13 14:12:55	pitrou	set	messageid: <1234534375.72.0.877493256836.issue5247@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2009-02-13 14:12:53	pitrou	create