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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-11-23 18:46:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-11-23 18:46:41 (GMT) |
| commit | 18cfada1eac3a798fffa658fc67582a450b5a7e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 09b233b73487c2c63ebeb94282265eef692e2235 /Misc | |
| parent | 5c456e6f4571fec64a98e28e7e316972f35d19fc (diff) | |
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Remove restriction on precision when formatting floats. This is the
first step towards removing the %f -> %g switch (see issues 7117,
5859).
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1 Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Remove restrictions on precision when formatting floats. E.g., + "%.120g" % 1e-100 used to raise OverflowError, but now gives the + requested 120 significant digits instead. + - Add Py3k warnings for parameter names in parenthesis. - Issue #7362: Give a proper error message for def f((x)=3): pass. |