[Python-checkins] Corrections to format precision description. (GH-31291)
miss-islington
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/1d6ce67c29aa2166ef326952cb605b908fb4f987
commit: 1d6ce67c29aa2166ef326952cb605b908fb4f987
branch: main
author: John Belmonte <john at neggie.net>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-02-13T16:00:32-08:00
summary:
Corrections to format precision description. (GH-31291)
* `precision` field is a decimal integer
* clarify that stated limitations are on presentation type
rather than input value type. Especially misleading is
"precision is not allowed for integer values", since integer
value input to a format like `.1f` is fine.
* regarding max field size, replace "non-number" with "string",
which is the only non-numeric presentation type
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:ericvsmith
files:
M Doc/library/string.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index 9bc703e70cdaa..78bd167bcf579 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -428,12 +428,13 @@ character of ``'0'`` with an *alignment* type of ``'='``.
Preceding the *width* field by ``'0'`` no longer affects the default
alignment for strings.
-The *precision* is a decimal number indicating how many digits should be
-displayed after the decimal point for a floating point value formatted with
-``'f'`` and ``'F'``, or before and after the decimal point for a floating point
-value formatted with ``'g'`` or ``'G'``. For non-number types the field
+The *precision* is a decimal integer indicating how many digits should be
+displayed after the decimal point for presentation types
+``'f'`` and ``'F'``, or before and after the decimal point for presentation
+types ``'g'`` or ``'G'``. For string presentation types the field
indicates the maximum field size - in other words, how many characters will be
-used from the field content. The *precision* is not allowed for integer values.
+used from the field content. The *precision* is not allowed for integer
+presentation types.
Finally, the *type* determines how the data should be presented.
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