Support full long double precision in __format__ (Trac #1783)
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Original ticket http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1783 on 2011-03-25 by @mwiebe, assigned to unknown.
For #2271, support was added for the format() function to numpy scalars. This support downcasts long doubles to doubles, so cannot print long doubles at their full precision. This should be fixed with custom formatting code in that case.
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Start at NumPy scalar format support added for #2271 and compare the current format() path for long doubles with the double path. The work is done when long doubles are formatted without downcasting and their full precision is preserved.
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