[Python-Dev] Shorter float repr in Python 3.1?

[Jim Baker]

I rather like supporting short float representation. Given that CPython is
adopting it, I'm sure Jython will adopt this approach too as part of a
future Jython 3.x release.
- Jim

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 9:41 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>wrote:

> Mark Dickinson wrote:
>
>> [snip...]
>>  Discussion points
>> =================
>>
>> (1) Any objections to including this into py3k?  If there's
>> controversy, then I guess we'll need a PEP.
>>
>>
>
> Big +1
>
>> (2) Should other Python implementations (Jython,
>> IronPython, etc.) be expected to use short float repr, or should
>> it just be considered an implementation detail of CPython?
>> I propose the latter, except that all implementations should
>> be required to satisfy eval(repr(x)) == x for finite floats x.
>>
>>
> Short float repr should be an implementation detail, so long as
> eval(repr(x)) == x still holds.
>
> Michael Foord
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