gh-145633: deprecate float.__getformat__() class method#146400
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| (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade and Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`76007`.) | ||
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| * The ``__getformat__()`` class method of the :class:`float` is deprecated | ||
| and will be removed in Python 3.20. |
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You should document the deprecation in What's New in Python 3.15.
What is the migration path for projects currently relying on __getformat__()? Do they have to copy/paste the big _have_ieee_doubles() function?
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What is the migration path for projects currently relying on getformat()? Do they have to copy/paste the big _have_ieee_doubles() function?
Primary goal is using the CPython's test suite. No changes needed.
But for the rest - yes.
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