[issue33410] Using type in a format with padding causes TypeError
Eric V. Smith
report at bugs.python.org
Wed May 2 13:06:33 EDT 2018
Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com> added the comment:
The problem is that type.__format__ doesn't exist, so object.__format__ is being called, and it throws an error if you provide a format spec. This is done for future expansion: if we do want to add type.__format__ in the future, we don't have to worry about existing cases that are using format specs that might not work with the new type.__format__.
No format spec is the same as calling str() on the argument and returning that, which is what is happening in your working examples.
If you want to apply a str formatting spec, you should covert the argument to a str first, using either !s or str():
>>> print('{a!s: >10}'.format(a=type(a)))
<class 'str'>
>>> print('{a: >10}'.format(a=str(type(a))))
<class 'str'>
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nosy: +eric.smith
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