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| author | Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2008-02-20 23:34:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com> | 2008-02-20 23:34:22 (GMT) |
| commit | 7ef40bf9c77e0567e4fad656390b0a577f0e2080 (patch) | |
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| parent | e1b8e9c666335d6a392d32b5900d419019ca3936 (diff) | |
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Trim leading zeros from a floating point exponent, per C99. See issue 1600. As far as I know, this only affects Windows. Add float type 'n' to PyOS_ascii_formatd (see PEP 3101 for 'n' description).
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@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1? Core and builtins ----------------- +- Issue #1600: Modifed PyOS_ascii_formatd to use at most 2 digit + exponents for exponents with absolute value < 100. Follows C99 + standard. This is a change on Windows, which would use 3 digits. + Also, added 'n' to the formats that PyOS_ascii_formatd understands, + so that any alterations it does to the resulting string will be + available in stringlib/formatter.h (for float.__format__). + - Implemented PEP 3101, Advanced String Formatting. This adds a new builtin format(); a format() method for str and unicode; a __format__() method to object, str, unicode, int, long, float, and |