On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:21:02 -0400 "Chermside, Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You wrote: > > (ie. I am wondering if truncating the float representation > > of an int always gives back the original int). > > Yes it does, because all integers that can be expressed as floats > can be expressed EXACTLY as floats. Yes, OK this makes sense. My point is that, regardless of this answer, as a python user I should not be worried by such details. At least: the doc string for round() should be expanded to mention the int(round(x)) use case. Simon. -- Simon Burton, B.Sc. Licensed PO Box 8066 ANU Canberra 2601 Australia Ph. 61 2 6249 6940 http://arrowtheory.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
