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Bug #1490688: properly document %e, %f, %g format subtleties.

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Georg Brandl 2006-05-18 07:20:05 +00:00
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@ -970,20 +970,22 @@ The conversion types are:
\lineiii{u}{Unsigned decimal.}{}
\lineiii{x}{Unsigned hexadecimal (lowercase).}{(2)}
\lineiii{X}{Unsigned hexadecimal (uppercase).}{(2)}
\lineiii{e}{Floating point exponential format (lowercase).}{}
\lineiii{E}{Floating point exponential format (uppercase).}{}
\lineiii{f}{Floating point decimal format.}{}
\lineiii{F}{Floating point decimal format.}{}
\lineiii{g}{Same as \character{e} if exponent is greater than -4 or
less than precision, \character{f} otherwise.}{}
\lineiii{G}{Same as \character{E} if exponent is greater than -4 or
less than precision, \character{F} otherwise.}{}
\lineiii{e}{Floating point exponential format (lowercase).}{(3)}
\lineiii{E}{Floating point exponential format (uppercase).}{(3)}
\lineiii{f}{Floating point decimal format.}{(3)}
\lineiii{F}{Floating point decimal format.}{(3)}
\lineiii{g}{Floating point format. Uses exponential format
if exponent is greater than -4 or less than precision,
decimal format otherwise.}{(4)}
\lineiii{G}{Floating point format. Uses exponential format
if exponent is greater than -4 or less than precision,
decimal format otherwise.}{(4)}
\lineiii{c}{Single character (accepts integer or single character
string).}{}
\lineiii{r}{String (converts any python object using
\function{repr()}).}{(3)}
\function{repr()}).}{(5)}
\lineiii{s}{String (converts any python object using
\function{str()}).}{(4)}
\function{str()}).}{(6)}
\lineiii{\%}{No argument is converted, results in a \character{\%}
character in the result.}{}
\end{tableiii}
@ -1003,10 +1005,27 @@ Notes:
formatting of the number if the leading character of the result is
not already a zero.
\item[(3)]
The \code{\%r} conversion was added in Python 2.0.
The alternate form causes the result to always contain a decimal
point, even if no digits follow it.
The precision determines the number of digits after the decimal
point and defaults to 6.
\item[(4)]
The alternate form causes the result to always contain a decimal
point, and trailing zeroes are not removed as they would
otherwise be.
The precision determines the number of significant digits before
and after the decimal point and defaults to 6.
\item[(5)]
The \code{\%r} conversion was added in Python 2.0.
The precision determines the maximal number of characters used.
\item[(6)]
If the object or format provided is a \class{unicode} string,
the resulting string will also be \class{unicode}.
The precision determines the maximal number of characters used.
\end{description}
% XXX Examples?