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Title: improve docstrings of sys.float_info
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions:
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: ZackerySpytz, cheryl.sabella, docs@python, mark.dickinson, nanjekyejoannah, sir-sigurd
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2019-08-29 03:16 by sir-sigurd, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 19218 merged ZackerySpytz, 2020-03-29 20:13
Messages (8)
msg350703 - (view) Author: Sergey Fedoseev (sir-sigurd) * Date: 2019-08-29 03:16
In [8]: help(sys.float_info)

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 |  dig
 |      DBL_DIG -- digits
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This is not very helpful, https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.float_info is more verbose, so probably docstrings should be updated from where.
msg350756 - (view) Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-08-29 08:29
Unhelpful indeed. +1 to updating those docstrings to match the details at docs.python.org.
msg350801 - (view) Author: Joannah Nanjekye (nanjekyejoannah) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-08-29 16:41
See also #37970
msg350804 - (view) Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-08-29 16:52
@nanjekyejoannah I'm not seeing how that issue is related to this one (except that they're both about docstrings). Can you elaborate?
msg350805 - (view) Author: Joannah Nanjekye (nanjekyejoannah) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-08-29 16:58
I just referenced another area that may need help updating/improving doc strings.
msg369748 - (view) Author: Cheryl Sabella (cheryl.sabella) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-05-23 20:07
@mark.dickinson, please take a look at the PR when you get a chance.  Thanks!
msg369775 - (view) Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-05-24 10:03
New changeset fdc5a94279736a7715dd35c5354a3c27098d0897 by Zackery Spytz in branch 'master':
bpo-37973: Improve the docstrings of sys.float_info (GH-19218)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fdc5a94279736a7715dd35c5354a3c27098d0897
msg369790 - (view) Author: Mark Dickinson (mark.dickinson) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-05-24 11:32
PR applied. Thank you!
History
Date User Action Args
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