https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155795
--- Comment #6 from Ceaus <koos2...@pohw.nl> --- (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #5) > Ceaus, have you thought about the use of explicit fractions as a number > format? No, I've not. Spreadsheet use for me personally doesn't cover more than the usual suspects for work chores. So I don't have a stake here. However I've always wondered why there are so many issues related to the rounding of numbers (each one every time a little bit different), where we only try to fix that local border case. Apparently there's no incentive to take up a more fundamental view in what numbers mean to people, how they are displayed, and how they are stored (as per your examples). That makes the argument "All major spreadsheet implementations use IEEE 754 floating point double precision to store values, accuracy deficiency and rounding errors are inherent and well known" a non-argument and tone deaf. It limits the problem to be discussed in terms of floating point storage capabilities. As if floating point storage is the only option. Closing the discussion with "real accountants also don't use spreadsheets to do serious accountancy" is just condescending and so much misses the point. But hey, I'm just a random dude with a idea... -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
