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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-05-01 15:37:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-05-01 15:37:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 33841c34896834daa8ee38d3ff54d7800b9723c2 (patch) | |
| tree | 1de0e45e427cc30b610fb4813e201ddef264e251 /Misc | |
| parent | f489caf5daa2b0f3a1bd951b585c834aab1a54c6 (diff) | |
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Issue #5859: Remove '%f' to '%g' formatting switch for large floats.
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@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 beta 1? Core and Builtins ----------------- -- Issue #5859: Remove length restrictions for float formatting: - '%.67f' % 12.34 and '%.120e' % 12.34 no longer raise an exception. +- Issue #5859: Remove switch from '%f' to '%g'-style formatting for + floats with absolute value over 1e50. Also remove length + restrictions for float formatting: '%.67f' % 12.34 and '%.120e' % + 12.34 no longer raise an exception. - Issue #1588: Add complex.__format__. For example, format(complex(1, 2./3), '.5') now produces a sensible result. |