[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #28916: No special case for leading zeros with %x alternative form

[martin.panter]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8359ee62dde3
changeset:   105586:8359ee62dde3
branch:      2.7
parent:      105516:e414fb1640e0
user:        Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com>
date:        Sun Dec 11 03:51:44 2016 +0000
summary:
  Issue #28916: No special case for leading zeros with %x alternative form

files:
  Doc/library/stdtypes.rst |  4 +---
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1551,9 +1551,7 @@
 
 (2)
    The alternate form causes a leading ``'0x'`` or ``'0X'`` (depending on whether
-   the ``'x'`` or ``'X'`` format was used) to be inserted between left-hand padding
-   and the formatting of the number if the leading character of the result is not
-   already a zero.
+   the ``'x'`` or ``'X'`` format was used) to be inserted before the first digit.
 
 (3)
    The alternate form causes the result to always contain a decimal point, even if

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