> > I guess this means that Python has some concept of "close > enough", but > > I'll have to defer to someone more knowledgeable to explain that. > > No, not really, except in the sense that any floating point > calculation > will be necessarily imprecise in that sense. [snip] > So typing 0.3 is the same as typing 0.29999999999999999 or > 0.30000000000000001 as far as floating point binary values > are concerned. > > (Although note that these results are platform dependent. > Your mileage > may vary.) > > -- > Steven > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
After some caffeine and a head-smack, I realise that you're absolutely right and I just made the same mistake as the OP (doh). It does demonstrate just how sneaky floating point representations are though. Cheers, Andreas Tawn Lead Technical Artist Ubisoft Reflections -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
