Issue 5772: For float.format, don't add a trailing ".0" if we're using no type code and we have an exponent (original) (raw)

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Created on 2009-04-16 10:57 by eric.smith, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg86021 - (view)	Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) *	Date: 2009-04-16 10:57
The point of the empty type code is to make sure a number looks like a float (so as to avoid formatting 2.0 as "2"). But if we have an exponent, the result already looks like a float, so there's no need to modify the number further.
msg86022 - (view)	Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) *	Date: 2009-04-16 11:09
For a more detailed discussion, scroll to the bottom of http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-April/088417.html
msg86030 - (view)	Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) *	Date: 2009-04-16 13:08
Just for the public record, I think that getting rid of the '.0' is the right thing to do here.
msg86042 - (view)	Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) *	Date: 2009-04-16 20:52
Fixed in py3k (which will become 3.1) in r71665.
msg86299 - (view)	Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) *	Date: 2009-04-22 14:49
Fixed in trunk as part of r71796. Closing the issue.