[Python-Dev] Fwd: deep question re dict as formatting input

[R. David Murray]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:32:56 -0500, Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com> wrote:
> You are correct, I didn't exactly implement the PEP on this point, 
> probably as a shortcut. I think there's an issue somewhere that 
> discusses this, but I can't find it. The CPython implementation is 
> really using "If every character is a digit, then it is treated as an 
> integer, otherwise it is used as a string".

Perhaps you are thinking of http://bugs.python.org/issue7951.  Not
directly on point, but related.

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