Message 86718 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

Message86718

Author	mark.dickinson
Recipients	ajaksu2, eric.smith, gvanrossum, mark, mark.dickinson
Date	2009-04-28.09:32:19
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Message-id	1240911141.34.0.155123508191.issue1588@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
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> I'm also going to disallow the '%' format code. Sounds good to me. > I don't think it makes any sense to convert a complex number to a > percentage. Well, I think it's clear what the numbers would be (just scale both real and imaginary parts by 100 before using fixed-point formatting). The real issue whether to have two trailing '%'s or one. Just being difficult: I completely agree that '%' should be disallowed for complex numbers.

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> I'm also going to disallow the '%' format code. Sounds good to me. > I don't think it makes any sense to convert a complex number to a > percentage. Well, I think it's clear what the numbers would be (just scale both real and imaginary parts by 100 before using fixed-point formatting). The real issue whether to have two trailing '%'s or one. Just being difficult: I completely agree that '%' should be disallowed for complex numbers.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-04-28 09:32:21	mark.dickinson	set	recipients: + mark.dickinson, gvanrossum, eric.smith, ajaksu2, mark
2009-04-28 09:32:21	mark.dickinson	set	messageid: 1240911141.34.0.155123508191.issue1588@psf.upfronthosting.co.za
2009-04-28 09:32:20	mark.dickinson	link	issue1588 messages
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