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From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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Subject: Re: Curious Omission In New-Style Formats
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On 07/11/2016 04:47 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Ethan Furman wrote:

>> I will readily admit to not having a maths degree, and so of course to
>> me saying the integer 123 has a precision of 5, 10, or 99 digits seems
>> like hogwash to me.
>
> Seems to me insisting that the number after the dot be
> called "precision" in all cases is imposing a foolish
> consistency.

That isn't what I said.

> To my way of thinking, the format string just lets you
> specify up to two numbers, the interpretation or which
> is up to to format concerned.

Agreed.

--
~Ethan~