[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r65099 - python/trunk/Doc/library/string.rst

[Georg Brandl]

Eric Smith schrieb:
> georg.brandl wrote:
>> Author: georg.brandl
>> Date: Fri Jul 18 13:15:06 2008
>> New Revision: 65099
>> 
>> Log:
>> Document the different meaning of precision for {:f} and {:g}.
>> Also document how inf and nan are formatted. #3404.
> 
> Thanks for doing this.  But see this output:
> http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/all/sparc%20solaris10%20gcc%20trunk/builds/255/step-test/0
> which shows that on Solaris with gcc it's 'NaN', not 'nan'.  This is one 
> of the reasons I didn't get into documenting it.  And on Windows, it's 
> even worse (no Windows box handy, sorry).

I see.

> Do we want to document the actual behavior, or do we want to normalize 
> all platforms so that they all return 'nan' and 'inf'?

I'd find a consistent behavior nice, if it isn't too much work to
get one.

Georg

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