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bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately |
Date: |
Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:31:52 +0200 |
> Cc: 25557@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pitclaudel@live.com>
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 14:14:03 -0500
>
> >> I'm trying to get the shortest representation of a decimal number, rounded
> >> to .01, not using scientific/exponential notation. I'm using values
> >> computed in ELisp to produce CSS style sheets, which until recently didn't
> >> allow for exponential notation. I'd like these stylesheets to be
> >> readable, so 100% is better 100.00%, and 3.35em is better than 3.35004em.
> >> If my code is fed a value of 5000px, I don't want it converted to 5e+3px,
> >> because many browsers don't know how to parse that.
> >
> > Then I think you want to use %d for integral values and %.2f for the
> > rest.
>
> No, that still won't do: it wouldn't format 3.0 as "3", if I understand
> correctly.
??? (format "%d" 3.0) => "3"
Or maybe you didn't think 3.0 was an "integral value" by my
definition? I meant by that any value VAL which yields zero when
passed through (mod VAL 1.0).
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/27
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/01/28
- bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2017/01/28