Michael Fischer added the comment:
Terry: I absolutely agree with you. Changing 'Fixed point' to 'Fixed point
notation' is the optimal solution here.
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Michael Fischer added the comment:
Thank you for your quick reply. I understand why you chose this description
better now. However in C %f behaves exactly the same as in Python (for
floating-point numbers) and you will mostly find the description for it along
the lines of:
'%f' Print
New submission from Michael Fischer :
In section "7.1.3.1. Format Specification Mini-Language" of the documentation
(https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html) both %f and %F are labelled
"Fixed point". This is confusing for someone who a) transitions over from C or
