New submission from Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com>: In all current versions of Python, the str or repr of a float always includes *either* an exponent, or a decimal point and at least one digit after the decimal point.
I propose making the str or repr of a complex number behave in the same way. That is, instead of >>> 2+4j (2+4j) we'd have: >>> 2+4j (2.0+4.0j) The aims are to make complex representation more consistent with float representation, retain the visual reminder that the pieces of a complex number are floats (to me, 2+4j looks like a Gaussian integer rather than a complex number), simplify the implementation a little, and remove the ugliness where floats switch from normal to exponential notation at 1e11, but complex numbers switch at 1e12. See http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-April/089030.html for some additional discussion. ---------- assignee: marketdickinson components: Interpreter Core messages: 86692 nosy: eric.smith, marketdickinson priority: high severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: Make complex repr and str more like float repr and str type: feature request versions: Python 3.1 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5858> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
