[Python-checkins] r75206 - in python/branches/release26-maint: Doc/library/functions.rst

[mark.dickinson]

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Sat Oct  3 12:15:54 2009
New Revision: 75206

Log:
Merged revisions 75205 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r75205 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-03 11:14:34 +0100 (Sat, 03 Oct 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Issue #7028:  Add note to hex() builtin docs pointing to float.hex().
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Modified:
   python/branches/release26-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst

Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst	Sat Oct  3 12:15:54 2009
@@ -510,6 +510,11 @@
    Convert an integer number (of any size) to a hexadecimal string. The result is a
    valid Python expression.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      To obtain a hexadecimal string representation for a float, use the
+      :meth:`float.hex` method.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 2.4
       Formerly only returned an unsigned literal.