[Python-checkins] r79826 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

[eric.smith]

Author: eric.smith
Date: Tue Apr  6 16:30:15 2010
New Revision: 79826

Log:
Fixed PEP 378 example.

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst	Tue Apr  6 16:30:15 2010
@@ -215,14 +215,9 @@
 formatting a floating-point number, simply include a comma between the
 width and the precision::
 
-   >>> '{:20,.2}'.format(f)
+   >>> '{:20,.2f}'.format(18446744073709551616.0)
    '18,446,744,073,709,551,616.00'
 
-.. XXX this example seems wrong:
-.. >>> f = 18446744073709551616.0
-.. >>> '{:20,.2}'.format(f)
-.. '             1.8e+19'
-
 This mechanism is not adaptable at all; commas are always used as the
 separator and the grouping is always into three-digit groups.  The
 comma-formatting mechanism isn't as general as the :mod:`locale`