No engineering notation in Python format specifiers
Python's format mini-language has no engineering notation option, so engineers must write their own helper to show values with exponents in multiples of three.
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6 public reports · first reported 2 October 2026 · last reported 2 October 2026
What's going wrong
Engineers using Python for calculations report that the standard format mini-language covers fixed, exponent and general styles but has no engineering notation where exponents are multiples of three.
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