New submission from Umit Oztosun <umit.ozto...@gmail.com>:
On MacOSX (10.5) Intel, Python 2.6.4
>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> min(Decimal('3.0'), 10.2)
10.199999999999999
On Win32, Python 2.6.4
>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> min(Decimal('3.0'), 10.2)
Decimal('3.0')
On Linux 32 bit, Python 2.6.4
>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> min(Decimal('3.0'), 10.2)
10.199999999999999
However, the correct result of Win32 version seems completely coincidental, it
produces invalid results for other values:
>>> min(Decimal('12.0'), 10.2)
Decimal('12.0')
We are already aware of problems related to float and Decimal comparison, but
in this case it complicates matters worse: On Windows code seems to work OK, on
other platforms its results are wrong; worse than this, Windows version works
totally by coincidence in fact.
It should at least warn user or raise an error IMHO.
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 97991
nosy: Umit.Oztosun
severity: normal
status: open
title: min() working incorrectly for decimal and float values
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6
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