Float's are truncated

[weepy]

The %d formatter coerces any floating point number such as 0.3123 to an integer.

The documentation should mention this.

The only way I could find to print the full number is to use %o .

It would be nice to have better printf style control e.g. %d3 to print 3 sig figures.

[Qix-]

%f?

[Qix-]

Also, I can't reproduce.

const debug = require('debug')('foo:bar');

debug('%d', 1.23456);
debug('%f', 1.23456);

[weepy]

Ok - I get the same as you in node

In the browser i get 1 for %d and 1.2345 for %f

[Qix-]

Right so the browser implementation is actually more correct. We target printf()'s specifiers. %d means "integer". %f means "floating point number". I don't remember if debug understands %.06f (it's been a while) but that would be the way to specify precision.

[weepy]

That makes sense. Probably should be in the README. FWIW I checked %.06f in browser --- It didn't understand

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[Qix-]

PR welcome.