Eric V. Smith added the comment: An empty format specifier can (and to my knowledge, does) match str(). So you get:
>>> format(1e10, '') '10000000000.0' >>> format(1e10, 'g') '1e+10' >>> str(1e10) '10000000000.0' The SO question is asking about an empty "presentation type", which is indeed similar to 'g' for floats. I think this is all the same in 2.7 and 3.4, with the exception of how str() might operate on floats. ---------- nosy: +eric.smith _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21195> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
