https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/274d9ab619b8150a613275835234ea9ef935f21f
commit: 274d9ab619b8150a613275835234ea9ef935f21f
branch: main
author: Sergey B Kirpichev <[email protected]>
committer: vstinner <[email protected]>
date: 2024-09-26T14:40:18+02:00
summary:
gh-123560: Correct docs for "empty" format type for floats (#123561)
files:
M Doc/library/string.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index 1f316307965c11..57a1f920523035 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -574,11 +574,13 @@ The available presentation types for :class:`float` and
| ``'%'`` | Percentage. Multiplies the number by 100 and displays |
| | in fixed (``'f'``) format, followed by a percent sign. |
+---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
- | None | For :class:`float` this is the same as ``'g'``, except |
+ | None | For :class:`float` this is like the ``'g'`` type, except |
| | that when fixed-point notation is used to format the |
| | result, it always includes at least one digit past the |
- | | decimal point. The precision used is as large as needed |
- | | to represent the given value faithfully. |
+ | | decimal point, and switches to the scientific notation |
+ | | when ``exp >= p - 1``. When the precision is not |
+ | | specified, the latter will be as large as needed to |
+ | | represent the given value faithfully. |
| | |
| | For :class:`~decimal.Decimal`, this is the same as |
| | either ``'g'`` or ``'G'`` depending on the value of |
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