[issue5686] Float formatting with no type code produces incorrect output for exponential notation

[Eric Smith]

Eric Smith <eric at trueblade.com> added the comment:

The documentation doesn't agree with the PEP. The docs at
http://docs.python.org/library/string.html#formatstrings just say '' is
the same as 'g'. It does not draw a distinction between exponential and
fixed output.

The PEP has the "at least one digit after the decimal" language. It also
does not draw a distinction between exponential and fixed output.

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