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Section: 31.5.2.3 [fmtflags.state] Status: TC1 Submitter: Andrew Koenig Opened: 1999-08-25 Last modified: 2016-01-28
Priority: Not Prioritized
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Discussion:
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
Proposed resolution:
Remove from 31.5.2.3 [fmtflags.state], paragraph 9, the text "(number of digits after the decimal point)".