From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:48:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update description of float_info
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~614
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5d8b379abcf9e200122c7c95fbf012a5c9ef8e32;p=python

Update description of float_info
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 4d90d3503e..f31ebf76ac 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -935,11 +935,11 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
   .. Patch #957003
 
 * A new variable in the :mod:`sys` module,
-  :attr:`float_info`, is a dictionary 
+  :attr:`float_info`, is an object
   containing information about the platform's floating-point support
-  derived from the :file:`float.h` file.  Key/value pairs 
-  in this dictionary include 
-  ``"mant_dig"`` (number of digits in the mantissa), ``"epsilon"``
+  derived from the :file:`float.h` file.  Attributes of this object
+  include 
+  :attr:`mant_dig` (number of digits in the mantissa), :attr:`epsilon`
   (smallest difference between 1.0 and the next largest value
   representable), and several others.  (Contributed by Christian Heimes.)