Created on 1999-08-25.00:00:00 last changed 172 months ago
Proposed resolution:
Remove from [fmtflags.state], paragraph 9, the text "(number of digits after the decimal point)".
27.4.2.2 paragraph 9 claims that setprecision() sets the precision,
and includes a parenthetical note saying that it is the number of
digits after the decimal point.
This claim is not strictly correct. For example, in the default
floating-point output format, setprecision sets the number of
significant digits printed, not the number of digits after the decimal
point.
I would like the committee to look at the definition carefully and
correct the statement in 27.4.2.2
| History | |||
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2010-10-21 18:28:33 | admin | set | messages: + msg1805 |
| 1999-08-25 00:00:00 | admin | create | |