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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 128c1bd24a..db233df5c1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -1606,13 +1606,14 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module). that can be specified in format strings. .. note:: - When formatting a number (:class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`float` - and subclasses) with the ``n`` type (ex: ``'{:n}'.format(1234)``), the - function sets temporarily the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC`` - locale to decode ``decimal_point`` and ``thousands_sep`` fields of - :c:func:`localeconv` if they are non-ASCII or longer than 1 byte, and the - ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale is different than the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale. This - temporary change affects other threads. + When formatting a number (:class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`complex`, + :class:`decimal.Decimal` and subclasses) with the ``n`` type + (ex: ``'{:n}'.format(1234)``), the function temporarily sets the + ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale to decode + ``decimal_point`` and ``thousands_sep`` fields of :c:func:`localeconv` if + they are non-ASCII or longer than 1 byte, and the ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale is + different than the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale. This temporary change affects + other threads. .. versionchanged:: 3.7 When formatting a number with the ``n`` type, the function sets |