From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 03:19:03 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: fmt: fix documentation for %g and %G
X-Git-Tag: go1.4beta1~15
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c88ba199e2cf24b6dff3d069b50d3bccda4c1552;p=gostls13.git

fmt: fix documentation for %g and %G
It now echoes what strconv.FormatFloat says.

Fixes #9012.

LGTM=rsc
R=golang-codereviews, rsc
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/169730043
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diff --git a/src/fmt/doc.go b/src/fmt/doc.go
index 304b9e9581..28387f5d4b 100644
--- a/src/fmt/doc.go
+++ b/src/fmt/doc.go
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 		%E	scientific notation, e.g. -1234.456E+78
 		%f	decimal point but no exponent, e.g. 123.456
 		%F	synonym for %f
-		%g	whichever of %e or %f produces more compact output
-		%G	whichever of %E or %f produces more compact output
+		%g	%e for large exponents, %f otherwise
+		%G	%E for large exponents, %G otherwise
 	String and slice of bytes:
 		%s	the uninterpreted bytes of the string or slice
 		%q	a double-quoted string safely escaped with Go syntax