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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2008-01-14 14:48:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2008-01-14 14:48:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 5d8b379abcf9e200122c7c95fbf012a5c9ef8e32 (patch) | |
| tree | afd7ccbff786dcfcd2756a8fe8154663a95d3351 /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | 7a66a1becc0968fc271c590494be378d9d2a8962 (diff) | |
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Update description of float_info
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst index 4d90d35..f31ebf7 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst @@ -935,11 +935,11 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details. .. Patch #957003 * A new variable in the :mod:`sys` module, - :attr:`float_info`, is a dictionary + :attr:`float_info`, is an object containing information about the platform's floating-point support - derived from the :file:`float.h` file. Key/value pairs - in this dictionary include - ``"mant_dig"`` (number of digits in the mantissa), ``"epsilon"`` + derived from the :file:`float.h` file. Attributes of this object + include + :attr:`mant_dig` (number of digits in the mantissa), :attr:`epsilon` (smallest difference between 1.0 and the next largest value representable), and several others. (Contributed by Christian Heimes.) |