[issue23789] decimal.Decimal: __format__ behaviour

Mark Dickinson added the comment: > I believe it's the way it is because Python follows the Standard Decimal > Specification Yes, exactly. This is behaving as designed and as tested. -- nosy: +mark.dickinson resolution: -> not a bug status: open -> closed ___

[issue23789] decimal.Decimal: __format__ behaviour

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[issue23789] decimal.Decimal: __format__ behaviour

Paul Moore added the comment: I believe it's the way it is because Python follows the Standard Decimal Specification, which includes tests for conformance to the current formatting behaviour. -- nosy: +paul.moore ___ Python tracker

[issue23789] decimal.Decimal: __format__ behaviour

New submission from Paul Eckhardt: The bahaviour of __format__ for decimal.Decimal type differs in one detail from float: The minimum number of digits used for the exponent is 1 for Decimal, and 2 for float. e.g.: "{:8.2E}".format(1.0) --> "1.00E+00" "{:8.2E}".format(Decimal(1.0)) --> " 1