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

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

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

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 9027502e99cba700cadb675b3b2db03c311d1c4d by Terry Jan Reedy in branch '2.7': [2.7] bpo-34273: Change 'Fixed point' to 'Fixed-point notation'. (GH-8673) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9027502e99cba700cadb675b3b2db03c311d1c4d

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

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

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset ed8dd598ae7e0d944974af0fd73c2fbb6105fd5c by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.6': bpo-34273: Change 'Fixed point' to 'Fixed-point notation'. (GH-8673) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed8dd598ae7e0d944974af0fd73c2fbb6105fd5c

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

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset e39fb207f26f8007e95fcf120f5ff1cb7372791a by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7': bpo-34273: Change 'Fixed point' to 'Fixed-point notation'. (GH-8673) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e39fb207f26f8007e95fcf120f5ff1cb7372791a

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

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

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: New changeset 28c7f8c8ce34a0cb848822a252a9d0a761fb42d5 by Terry Jan Reedy in branch 'master': bpo-34273: Change 'Fixed point' to 'Fixed-point notation'. (#8673) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28c7f8c8ce34a0cb848822a252a9d0a761fb42d5 --

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

Change by Terry J. Reedy : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +8165 stage: needs patch -> patch review ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[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

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

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The closest anchor is https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language. The table title is "The available presentation types for floating point and decimal values are:". This is slightly confusing to me. Does this mean

[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' Print a

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

Mark Dickinson added the comment: FTR, here "fixed point" refers to the output representation (a decimal string) rather than the input (a floating-point binary value). The output of %f gives a *fixed* number of places after the decimal point (6 by default). Contrast with %e, which gives a

[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 variants or b) knows