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Issue #17728: Specify default precision for float.format for presentation types e, f, and g.

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Eric V. Smith 2013-04-15 09:51:54 -04:00
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@ -432,12 +432,13 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are:
+=========+==========================================================+
| ``'e'`` | Exponent notation. Prints the number in scientific |
| | notation using the letter 'e' to indicate the exponent. |
| | The default precision is ``6``. |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ``'E'`` | Exponent notation. Same as ``'e'`` except it uses an |
| | upper case 'E' as the separator character. |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ``'f'`` | Fixed point. Displays the number as a fixed-point |
| | number. |
| | number. The default precision is ``6``. |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ``'F'`` | Fixed point. Same as ``'f'``, but converts ``nan`` to |
| | ``NAN`` and ``inf`` to ``INF``. |
@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are:
| | the precision. |
| | |
| | A precision of ``0`` is treated as equivalent to a |
| | precision of ``1``. |
| | precision of ``1``. The default precision is ``6``. |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
| ``'G'`` | General format. Same as ``'g'`` except switches to |
| | ``'E'`` if the number gets too large. The |