Merlijn van Deen added the comment: As Zachary explained, the behavior is correct. There are three issues in play here.
1) The rounding method. With the ROUND_HALF_EVEN rounding mode, .5 is rounded to the nearest *even* number, so 1.65 is rounded to 1.6, while 1.75 is rounded to 1.8. 2) Rounding of floats. Floats cannot represent every number, and numbers are therefore rounded. - round(2.675, 2) = round(2.6749999999999998, 2) and is thus rounded to 2.67 - round(1.65, 1) = round(1.6499999999999999, 1) and is thus rounded to 1.6 3a) In Python 2, round returns a float, so Decimal(round(Decimal("1.65"))) = Decimal(1.6) = Decimal('1.600000000000000088817841970012523233890533447265625') != Decimal('1.6') 3b) In Python 3, Decimal.__round__ is implemented, so round(D("1.65"), 1) == D("1.6") as expected. ---------- nosy: +valhallasw _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24827> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com