New submission from ChrisRands:
With a negative integer for ndigits the output from 'round()', for example
'round(3, -2)', is always zero ('0' for 'int.__round__' and '0.0' or '-0.0' for
'float.__round__').
I think either it should raise an exception or the docs should be updated to
reflect the current behavior.
The docs are currently silent on this:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#round
I don't know C, but there appears to be a note in the source about this
implying it is the desired behavior but without an explanation: "For ndigits <
NDIGITS_MIN, x always rounds to +-0.0.":
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/6f0eb93183519024cb360162bdd81b9faec97ba6/Objects/floatobject.c
Anyway, I can't imagine an actual use case for negative ndigits.
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messages: 288710
nosy: ChrisRands
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: 'round()' accepts a negative integer for ndigits
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