2010/1/1 Dave F. <dave...@madasafish.com>:
> Chris Hill wrote:
>> I've just noticed that AlexanderF is changing all the maxheight=2.0 to
>> maxheight=2.  In fact he's changing anything ending with 0 after the
>> decimal point to drop the zero.  This is not good, he is lowering the
>> accuracy of the tag, which is why they are displayed with a trailing
>> zero on signs.  I have sent a message to him, but no answer yet.  Does
>> anyone know him so they can ask him to stop and revert his changes?
> I don't why he feels the need to do this, it seems a pointless task, but
> why do you think it reduces accuracy to remove trailing zeros?
>
> 2m =2.0m

Yes, but it's a means of expressing precision, 2m could mean 2.4 or
1.5 if you round. Where as 2.0m means 1.95 to 2.04...

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