Re: [Python-Dev] Proposal: make float.__str__ identical tofloat__repr__ in Python 3.2

2010-07-29 Thread Michael Foord
On 29/07/2010 22:37, Robert Brewer wrote: Mark Dickinson wrote: Now that we've got the short float repr in Python, there's less value in having float.__str__ truncate to 12 significant digits (as it currently does). For Python 3.2, I propose making float.__str__ use the same algorithm as fl

Re: [Python-Dev] Proposal: make float.__str__ identical tofloat__repr__ in Python 3.2

2010-07-29 Thread Robert Brewer
Mark Dickinson wrote: > Now that we've got the short float repr in Python, there's less value > in having float.__str__ truncate to 12 significant digits (as it > currently does). For Python 3.2, I propose making float.__str__ use > the same algorithm as float.__repr__ for its output (and similarl