[Python-checkins] r75566 - sandbox/trunk/decimal/decimal_in_c/decimal.py

mark.dickinson python-checkins at python.org
Tue Oct 20 16:10:28 CEST 2009


Author: mark.dickinson
Date: Tue Oct 20 16:10:27 2009
New Revision: 75566

Log:
merge alignment fix (r74725) from py3k

Modified:
   sandbox/trunk/decimal/decimal_in_c/decimal.py

Modified: sandbox/trunk/decimal/decimal_in_c/decimal.py
==============================================================================
--- sandbox/trunk/decimal/decimal_in_c/decimal.py	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/decimal/decimal_in_c/decimal.py	Tue Oct 20 16:10:27 2009
@@ -5589,7 +5589,10 @@
         fill = '0'
         align = '='
     format_dict['fill'] = fill or ' '
-    format_dict['align'] = align or '<'
+    # PEP 3101 originally specified that the default alignment should
+    # be left;  it was later agreed that right-aligned makes more sense
+    # for numeric types.  See http://bugs.python.org/issue6857.
+    format_dict['align'] = align or '>'
 
     if format_dict['sign'] is None:
         format_dict['sign'] = '-'


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