Giovanni Bajo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I personally consider *very* important that hash(5.0) == hash(5) (and > that 5.0 == 5, of course).
It gets a bit problematic with floating-point, when you can have different values "exactly 5.0" and "approximately 5.0". IEEE 754 has signed zeroes. And so it goes. Regards, Nick Maclaren, University of Cambridge Computing Service, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679 _______________________________________________ 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
