[Python-Dev] Different float formatting on Windows and Linux

The tests for float.__format__ are breaking on Windows, because of this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue1600. Basically, Windows is using 3 digits for exponents 100, and Linux (and at least MacOS) are using 2. The patch attached to the issue proposes changing all platforms to use at least

Re: [Python-Dev] Different float formatting on Windows and Linux

The tests for float.__format__ are breaking on Windows, because of this issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue1600. Basically, Windows is using 3 digits for exponents 100, and Linux (and at least MacOS) are using 2. Yes, this is very annoying and I once lost of lot of time because of the