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authorRob Pike <r@golang.org>2014-10-28 20:19:03 -0700
committerRob Pike <r@golang.org>2014-10-28 20:19:03 -0700
commitffcd7c77ba223188fa35be495f65ae5c3d265914 (patch)
treed3a2db49282639be303a40a16d2206203642e118 /src/fmt
parent6a51736366f51e3b1a21c9732078b61f0a8d44e4 (diff)
downloadgo-ffcd7c77ba223188fa35be495f65ae5c3d265914.tar.gz
fmt: fix documentation for %g and %G
It now echoes what strconv.FormatFloat says. Fixes issue 9012. LGTM=rsc R=golang-codereviews, rsc CC=golang-codereviews https://codereview.appspot.com/169730043
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-rw-r--r--src/fmt/doc.go4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/fmt/doc.go b/src/fmt/doc.go
index 304b9e958..28387f5d4 100644
--- a/src/fmt/doc.go
+++ b/src/fmt/doc.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
%E scientific notation, e.g. -1234.456E+78
%f decimal point but no exponent, e.g. 123.456
%F synonym for %f
- %g whichever of %e or %f produces more compact output
- %G whichever of %E or %f produces more compact output
+ %g %e for large exponents, %f otherwise
+ %G %E for large exponents, %G otherwise
String and slice of bytes:
%s the uninterpreted bytes of the string or slice
%q a double-quoted string safely escaped with Go syntax