Eric Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment:
> Yes, that makes some sense. How would you handle
> '{:.10}'.format(10/3.), though? We could either change 's' to allow a
> precision, or use 's' when there's no precision specified and 'g' (with
> the ADD_DOT_0 flag) otherwise.
Good point, I hadn't thought of that. I'm not a big fan of switching
between 's' and 'g' depending on whether a precision is specified.
>> Or, also switch float_str to use 'g' with a precision of
>> PyFloat_STR_PRECISION, and get rid of 's' altogether.
>
> This sounds good to me. It does feel as though there's unnecessary
> duplication with the current setup.
A major point of 's' was to not specify the precision, so I'd prefer to
remove 's' and use 'g' with a specified precision.
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