Access to formatting controls from within __repr__ or __str__?

[Dan Sommers]

On 18 Feb 2005 01:25:06 -0800,
"Serge Orlov" <Serge.Orlov at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dan Sommers wrote:

>> So my question is:  Is there a way to pass options "through" a format
>> string to the __str__ and __repr__ functions?  For example, can I
>> define my own alternate form for use with the '#' formatting
>> character, so that '%#s' generates output according to SI guidelines?

> You can create your own class FmtTemplate like string.Template was done
> in python 2.4: http://docs.python.org/lib/node105.html

That looks interesting.  Perhaps that will push me into upgrading to 2.4
sooner rather than later (I'm *not* looking forward to rebuilding all my
extensions...).

Thanks you,
Dan

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