Christian Iversen added the comment:
Terry, the %g format always trims trailing zeroes, so you'd have to try with a
number that doesn't end in zero.
I had to make a re-implementation of format for javascript:
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/513078/
If you look at the %g case, you c
Christian Iversen added the comment:
Certainly, I don't think we should be peppering the docs with warnings and
notes, either.
However, the elements in question _already have_ notes. I propose that the note
for %g (4) simply be updated for clarity. Something like this, perhaps:
&quo
Christian Iversen added the comment:
That was exactly the page I was looking at, and after some discussion on
#python, I can see how they differ.
Perhaps this could be clarified in the documentation? It's very easy to miss as
it is now. Maybe a note describing that %g is different fro
New submission from Christian Iversen :
The documentation for string format options state that both %f, %g and %e
default to 6 digits after the decimal point. In fact, %g always seems to use 5
digits by default:
>>> "%g" % 2.1234567
'2.12346'
>>&g
