[Numpy-discussion] Re: How is "round to N decimal places" defined for binary floating point numbers?

2023-12-28 Thread george trojan
With regard to CPython, there is a recent discussion on this topic: https://discuss.python.org/t/trying-to-understand-rounding-in-python/28014 Le jeu. 28 déc. 2023, à 21 h 43, Stefano Miccoli via NumPy-Discussion < numpy-discussion@python.org> a écrit : > I have always been puzzled about how to c

[Numpy-discussion] How is "round to N decimal places" defined for binary floating point numbers?

2023-12-28 Thread Stefano Miccoli via NumPy-Discussion
I have always been puzzled about how to correctly define the python built-in `round(number, ndigits)` when `number` is a binary float and `ndigits` is greater than zero. Apparently CPython and numpy disagree: >>> round(2.765, 2) 2.77 >>> np.round(2.765, 2) 2.76 My

[Numpy-discussion] next NumPy Newcomers' Hour - December 28th, 2023 at 12 PM UTC

2023-12-28 Thread Ganesh Kathiresan
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