commit 2e648ecc7d7339b0a932a64c521cae8da791bfcd
author Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> Sun Mar 29 14:37:51 2009 +0000
committer Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> Sun Mar 29 14:37:51 2009 +0000
tree e3fe18c1e8b6f0e1ce332502a343af8b79706568
parent 310916212e3320b3b100ff57bbc4ce5331ca1cfe

Issue #532631: Replace confusing fabs(x)/1e25 >= 1e25 test
with fabs(x) >= 1e50, and fix documentation.

Objects/stringlib/formatter.h

diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
index 2e3e5a6..86235a6 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
 
     if (precision < 0)
         precision = 6;
-    if (type == 'f' && (fabs(x) / 1e25) >= 1e25)
+    if (type == 'f' && fabs(x) >= 1e50)
         type = 'g';
 
     /* cast "type", because if we're in unicode we need to pass a