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r70678 | mark.dickinson | 2009-03-29 15:37:51 +0100 (Sun, 29 Mar 2009) | 3 lines
Issue #532631: Replace confusing fabs(x)/1e25 >= 1e25 test
with fabs(x) >= 1e50, and fix documentation.
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diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 7f30f66..84e107b 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -4336,7 +4336,7 @@
}
if (prec < 0)
prec = 6;
- if (type == 'f' && fabs(x)/1e25 >= 1e25)
+ if (type == 'f' && fabs(x) >= 1e50)
type = 'g';
/* Worst case length calc to ensure no buffer overrun: