From: Eric Smith <eric@trueblade.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:30:15 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fixed PEP 378 example.
X-Git-Tag: v2.7b1~43
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c4663856d962ac9f23711936557c4bfb73ccf765;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Fixed PEP 378 example.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
index 8a46ff44fda1..e18db48ef692 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -215,14 +215,9 @@ mini-language used by the :meth:`str.format` method.  When
 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`