Yeah, there seem to be a number of special cases. The rules for the trailing `=` case are particularly complicated: {x=} -> "x="+repr(x) {x=:.2f} -> "

Yeah, there seem to be a number of special cases. The rules for the trailing `=` case are particularly complicated: {x=} -> "x="+repr(x) {x=:.2f} -> "x="+format(x, ".2f") {x=:} -> "x="+format(x, "") {x=:!s:20} -> "x="+format(str(x), "20") {x=:!r:20} -> "x="+format(repr(x), "20") https://bugs.python.org/msg341732 https://bugs.python.org/msg341732