Improve output of float values. Fix #49.
diff --git a/lib/yaml/representer.py b/lib/yaml/representer.py
index 072ed9b..1f4fe59 100644
--- a/lib/yaml/representer.py
+++ b/lib/yaml/representer.py
@@ -197,7 +197,16 @@
elif data == -self.inf_value:
value = u'-.inf'
else:
- value = unicode(repr(data))
+ value = unicode(repr(data)).lower()
+ # Note that in some cases `repr(data)` represents a float number
+ # without the decimal parts. For instance:
+ # >>> repr(1e17)
+ # '1e17'
+ # Unfortunately, this is not a valid float representation according
+ # to the definition of the `!!float` tag. We fix this by adding
+ # '.0' before the 'e' symbol.
+ if u'.' not in value and u'e' in value:
+ value = value.replace(u'e', u'.0e', 1)
return self.represent_scalar(u'tag:yaml.org,2002:float', value)
def represent_list(self, data):
