New submission from Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com>:
The csv.writer needs a special case for floats to print them to full precision. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/8455313/1001643 In Py2.7, the csv.writer converts floats to strings using str(). This will store 1323494016.8556759 as '1323494016.86' and unnecessarily throw away precision. In Py3.2, this isn't a problem because float.__str__ now returns full precision, the same a float.__repr__. ---------- assignee: rhettinger messages: 149179 nosy: rhettinger priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: csv.writer uses str() for floats instead of repr() type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13573> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
