[Python-checkins] r75208 - in python/branches/release31-maint: Doc/library/functions.rst

[mark.dickinson]

Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Sat Oct  3 12:19:21 2009
New Revision: 75208

Log:
Merged revisions 75207 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k

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  r75207 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-03 11:18:40 +0100 (Sat, 03 Oct 2009) | 9 lines
  
  Merged revisions 75205 via svnmerge from 
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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/release31-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Doc/library/functions.rst	Sat Oct  3 12:19:21 2009
@@ -489,6 +489,11 @@
    expression.  If *x* is not a Python :class:`int` object, it has to define an
    :meth:`__index__` method that returns an integer.
 
+   .. note::
+
+      To obtain a hexadecimal string representation for a float, use the
+      :meth:`float.hex` method.
+
 
 .. function:: id(object)