From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:15:59 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #3912: document default for *places* arg.
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#3912: document default for *places* arg.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 3f4a6ac186af..792a98e8c714 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ failures.
             TestCase.failUnlessAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]])
 
    Test that *first* and *second* are approximately equal by computing the
-   difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero.
+   difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), 
+   and comparing to zero.
    Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as
    comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare
    equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`.
@@ -605,7 +606,8 @@ failures.
             TestCase.failIfAlmostEqual(first, second[, places[, msg]])
 
    Test that *first* and *second* are not approximately equal by computing the
-   difference, rounding to the given number of *places*, and comparing to zero.
+   difference, rounding to the given number of decimal *places* (default 7), 
+   and comparing to zero.
    Note that comparing a given number of decimal places is not the same as
    comparing a given number of significant digits. If the values do not compare
    equal, the test will fail with the explanation given by *msg*, or :const:`None`.