Issue #5920: Changed format.__float__ and complex.__float__ to use a precision of 12 when using the empty presentation type. This more closely matches str()'s behavior and reduces surprises when adding alignment flags to an empty format string. Patch by Mark Dickinson.
diff --git a/Objects/complexobject.c b/Objects/complexobject.c
index f0f2541..8bba241 100644
--- a/Objects/complexobject.c
+++ b/Objects/complexobject.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 
 
 static PyObject *
-complex_format(PyComplexObject *v, char format_code)
+complex_format(PyComplexObject *v, int precision, char format_code)
 {
 	PyObject *result = NULL;
 	Py_ssize_t len;
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 	if (v->cval.real == 0. && copysign(1.0, v->cval.real)==1.0) {
 		re = "";
 		im = PyOS_double_to_string(v->cval.imag, format_code,
-					   0, 0, NULL);
+					   precision, 0, NULL);
 		if (!im) {
 			PyErr_NoMemory();
 			goto done;
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 	} else {
 		/* Format imaginary part with sign, real part without */
 		pre = PyOS_double_to_string(v->cval.real, format_code,
-					    0, 0, NULL);
+					    precision, 0, NULL);
 		if (!pre) {
 			PyErr_NoMemory();
 			goto done;
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 		re = pre;
 
 		im = PyOS_double_to_string(v->cval.imag, format_code,
-					   0, Py_DTSF_SIGN, NULL);
+					   precision, Py_DTSF_SIGN, NULL);
 		if (!im) {
 			PyErr_NoMemory();
 			goto done;
@@ -421,7 +421,10 @@
 {
 	PyObject *formatv;
 	char *buf;
-	formatv = complex_format(v, (flags & Py_PRINT_RAW) ? 's' : 'r');
+        if (flags & Py_PRINT_RAW)
+            formatv = complex_format(v, PyFloat_STR_PRECISION, 'g');
+        else
+            formatv = complex_format(v, 0, 'r');
 	if (formatv == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	buf = PyString_AS_STRING(formatv);
@@ -435,13 +438,13 @@
 static PyObject *
 complex_repr(PyComplexObject *v)
 {
-	return complex_format(v, 'r');
+    return complex_format(v, 0, 'r');
 }
 
 static PyObject *
 complex_str(PyComplexObject *v)
 {
-	return complex_format(v, 's');
+    return complex_format(v, PyFloat_STR_PRECISION, 'g');
 }
 
 static long