[Python-Dev] Float formatting and #

[Tim Peters]

[Georg Brandl]
> ...
> Reviewing the printf man page, this is okay since for %f, the precision is the
> number of digits after the decimal point while for %g, it is the number of
> significant digits. Still, that should be documented in the Python manual.

Well, there are a lot of little details in C's formats.  Filling in
the gaps people happen to notice is one way to proceed; another is to
point to external docs for C's rules, like

    http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/c/lib_prin.html#Print%20Functions