[issue9192] Add a a way to determine float format

[Benjamin Peterson]

New submission from Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>:

At the moment, the only way is float.__getformat__() which is unpleasant and unofficial. Perhaps we could add a member to sys.float_info.

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 109488
nosy: benjamin.peterson, mark.dickinson
priority: low
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add a a way to determine float format
type: feature request
versions: Python 3.2

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