[Python-checkins] r59953 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Mon Jan 14 15:48:43 2008
New Revision: 59953

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
Log:
Update description of float_info

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
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--- python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst	Mon Jan 14 15:48:43 2008
@@ -935,11 +935,11 @@
   .. Patch #957003
 
 * A new variable in the :mod:`sys` module,
-  :attr:`float_info`, is a dictionary 
+  :attr:`float_info`, is an object
   containing information about the platform's floating-point support
-  derived from the :file:`float.h` file.  Key/value pairs 
-  in this dictionary include 
-  ``"mant_dig"`` (number of digits in the mantissa), ``"epsilon"``
+  derived from the :file:`float.h` file.  Attributes of this object
+  include 
+  :attr:`mant_dig` (number of digits in the mantissa), :attr:`epsilon`
   (smallest difference between 1.0 and the next largest value
   representable), and several others.  (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)