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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:16:12 -0800
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 01/19/2014 10:41 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>> The difference I was thinking of is:
>>
>>    "%h" % 3.14  # this works
>>
>> vs.
>>
>>    hex(3.14)  # this raises
>>
>> In 3.5 both will raise.
>
> Now you have me *thoroughly* intrigued. It's not %h (incomplete format
> - h is a modifier), nor %H (unsupported format character). Do you mean
> %x? As of 3.4.0b2, that happily truncates a float:
>
>>>> "%x" % 3.14
> '3'
>
> Is that changing in 3.5? Seems a relatively insignificant point, tbh!

Argh.  Yes, %x or %X.

--
~Ethan~