[Tutor] Beginners question

[Alan Gauld]

On 06/04/2020 10:41, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:

>> If you mean the "{first=}" notation, that is very recent. Maybe 3.8?
> 
> No, I meant the ability to provide a __format__() operation in a class.
> 

Ok, I modified Peter's code to work in Python 3.6 with the
format() string method and it worked.
So obviously __format__ capability has been around for a while.
I just missed it...

This is very good news, it means there is no real valid
reason for printing internal attributes of objects in
production code (different for debugging). I like it!

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