[New-bugs-announce] [issue2773] Wrong description of 'g' conversion type of string formatting operator %

[Artur Zaprzała]

New submission from Artur Zaprzała <arturz at ownmail.net>:

Description of 'g' and 'G' conversion types of string formatting
operator at http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/typesseq-strings.html is:
  Floating point format. Uses exponential format if exponent is greater
than -4 or less than precision, decimal format otherwise.

Should be:
  Floating point format. Uses exponential format if exponent is less
than -4 or not less than precision, decimal format otherwise.

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assignee: georg.brandl
components: Documentation
messages: 66318
nosy: georg.brandl, zybi
severity: normal
status: open
title: Wrong description of 'g' conversion type of string formatting operator %
versions: Python 2.1.1, Python 2.1.2, Python 2.2, Python 2.2.1, Python 2.2.2, Python 2.2.3, Python 2.3, Python 2.4, Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 3.0

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