[Python-3000] More PEP 3101 changes incoming

[Ron Adam]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Ron Adam wrote:
>> Greg Ewing wrote:
>  >
>>> Then why not just return an empty string?
>> Because an empty string is a valid string.  It can be expanded to a 
>> minimum width which me may not want to do.
> 
> I'm not seeing a use case for this. If the user says
> he wants his field a certain minimum width, what
> business does the type have overriding that?

Just pointing out *one* capability that is possible, Maybe it was just a 
poor choice as an example.

Cheers,
    Ron