New submission from Zbyszek Szmek <zbys...@in.waw.pl>: http://docs.python.org/dev/faq/design.html#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate
This whole paragraph is wrong since #9337 (Make float.__str__ behave identically to float.__repr__). """ The str() function prints fewer digits and this often results in the more sensible number that was probably intended: >>> 1.1 - 0.9 0.20000000000000007 >>> print(1.1 - 0.9) 0.2 """ Applies from 3.2 onwards. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 155300 nosy: docs@python, zbysz priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: float rounding examples in FAQ are outdated versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14245> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
