[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #116174] using %% in cstrings sometimes fails with unicode params

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Bug #116174, was updated on 2000-Oct-05 12:50
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Core
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: None
Priority: 9
Summary: using %% in cstrings sometimes fails with unicode params

Details: There are various ways to show this but here's an example:

>>> "%s %%" % u"test"
u'test %'
>>> "%% %s %%" % u"test"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: not all arguments converted

This is still present in a recent CVS version of Python2.0

Follow-Ups:

Date: 2000-Oct-05 12:57
By: gvanrossum

Comment:
Marc-Andre, this is clearly a bug in the unicode specific % formatting code... Can you fix it before Sunday?
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