diff Objects/stringobject.c @ 66044:1499db99c4cd 2.7

Improved docstrings for str and unicode methods format and __format__.
author Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com>
date Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:43:44 +0000
parents 25f6d570e7c1
children b36cb4602e21
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--- a/Objects/stringobject.c	Sat Nov 06 15:46:46 2010 +0000
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c	Sat Nov 06 19:43:44 2010 +0000
@@ -3582,7 +3582,8 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(format__doc__,
 "S.format(*args, **kwargs) -> string\n\
 \n\
-");
+Return a formatted version of S, using substitutions from args and kwargs.\n\
+The substitutions are identified by braces ('{' and '}').");
 
 static PyObject *
 string__format__(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
@@ -3616,7 +3617,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(p_format__doc__,
 "S.__format__(format_spec) -> string\n\
 \n\
-");
+Return a formatted version of S as described by format_spec.");
 
 
 static PyMethodDef