[issue34273] %f is confusingly associated with fixed point format

Michael Fischer added the comment: Terry: I absolutely agree with you. Changing 'Fixed point' to 'Fixed point notation' is the optimal solution here. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bug

[issue34273] %f is confusingly associated with fixed point format

Michael Fischer added the comment: Thank you for your quick reply. I understand why you chose this description better now. However in C %f behaves exactly the same as in Python (for floating-point numbers) and you will mostly find the description for it along the lines of: '%f

[issue34273] %f is confusingly associated with fixed point format

New submission from Michael Fischer : In section "7.1.3.1. Format Specification Mini-Language" of the documentation (https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html) both %f and %F are labelled "Fixed point". This is confusing for someone who a) transitions over from C or