Neal Norwitz wrote:
>> That's a bug. It should print it signed. If unsigned printing of size_t
>> is desired, %zu should be used.
> 
> Looking in stringobject.c, I don't see how %zu (or %lu) can be used
> with String_FromFormatV.

Right. It currently cannot be used. So if it is desired, it needs to
be added first, and then should be used.

Looking at the checkin messages, I understand that the change from "d"
to "u" was to make some compiler stop warning - that is the wrong
motivation for such a behavioral change.

Regards,
Martin
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