[New-bugs-announce] [issue1600] str.format() produces different output on different platforms (Py30a2)

[Mark Summerfield]

New submission from Mark Summerfield:

I don't know if this is a bug, but it is certainly a difference in
behavior between platforms:

Python 3.0a2 on linux2:
>>> "{0:.3e}".format(123.45678901)
'1.235e+02'

Python 3.0a2 on win32:
>>> "{0:.3e}".format(123.45678901)
'1.235e+002'

It seems to me that str.format() should produce consistent results
across platforms, but I don't think the PEP says anything either way.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 58485
nosy: mark
severity: normal
status: open
title: str.format() produces different output on different platforms (Py30a2)
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.0

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