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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2009-04-17 10:09:27 (GMT)
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@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ program's output, improving its professional appearance and readability::
>>> format(Decimal('1234567.89'), ',f')
'1,234,567.89'
-The currently supported types are :class:`int` and :class:`decimal.Decimal`.
-Support for :class:`float` is expected before the beta release.
+The supported types are :class:`int`, :class:`float` and :class:`decimal.Decimal`.
+
Discussions are underway about how to specify alternative separators
like dots, spaces, apostrophes, or underscores. Locale-aware applications
should use the existing *n* format specifier which already has some support