From: Alberto Donizetti <alb.donizetti@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:30:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: fmt: add short note about %g precision
X-Git-Tag: go1.9beta1~1479
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ea020ff3de9482726ce7019ac43c1d301ce5e3de;p=gostls13.git

fmt: add short note about %g precision

Fixes #18772

Change-Id: Ib5d9ffa0abd35b9d3ca83bac139aece0f3c9702d
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/37313
Reviewed-by: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
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diff --git a/src/fmt/doc.go b/src/fmt/doc.go
index f0ac448d64..4b668f38db 100644
--- a/src/fmt/doc.go
+++ b/src/fmt/doc.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		%E	scientific notation, e.g. -1.234456E+78
 		%f	decimal point but no exponent, e.g. 123.456
 		%F	synonym for %f
-		%g	%e for large exponents, %f otherwise
+		%g	%e for large exponents, %f otherwise. Precision is discussed below.
 		%G	%E for large exponents, %F otherwise
 	String and slice of bytes (treated equivalently with these verbs):
 		%s	the uninterpreted bytes of the string or slice