[issue1580] Use shorter float repr when possible

[Guido van Rossum]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> added the comment:

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Tim Peters <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
> Is it worth it?  To whom ;-) ?  It was discussed several times before on
> various Python mailing lists, and nobody was willing to sign up for the
> considerable effort required (both to update Gay's code and to fight
> with shifting platform quirks ever after).
>
> If /you/ have the time, interest, and commitment, then yes, it's a Very
> Good Thing.  The only hangup has been that it's also a labor-intensive
> thing, in an obscure area requiring true expertise.

I *think* I understood Preston as saying that he has the expertise and
is interested in doing this. He's just looking for guidance on how
we'd like the software engineering side of things to be done, and I
think he's getting good feedback here. (Preston, please butt in if I
misunderstood you.)

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