what does %u mean?

[K.S.Sreeram]

yaru22 wrote:
> In the exercise in my book, it asks me to try print "%u" % (-5)
> I'm wondering what this %u mean?

Looks like there is *no* difference between '%u' and '%d' in Python.

Python 2.4.3 source code:
from stringobject.c, formatint function....

	if (x < 0 && type == 'u') {
		type = 'd';
	}

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