> On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 10:47:56AM +0200, Herbert Thoma wrote:
> > Terry Boldt wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > I also suggest that you make it EPSILON instead of .001 and define
> > > > > EPSILON in some header file. Please don't hard code constants.
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I'd much rather see something like a
> > > >
> > > > (gnc:currency-zero? currency x)
> > > >
> > > > that would know the appropriate epsilons in each case if we're really
> > > > going to cut things as close as 0.001. i.e. are 1/100ths the smallest
> > > > denomination in all currencies?
> >
> > I know at least one exeption: italian lira, they don't have decimal places
> > at all.
>
> Ditto for the Japanese yen and the South Korean Won, neither of which have
> subcurrencies. And what about the French? Do they actually use the units
> digit of centimes these days?
>
> BTW, the American dollar goes down to more than two decimal places if
> you're looking at stock quotes, because the unit there is sixteenth of a
> dollar. But normally you would want to round at the cent level. How are
> you going to figure out which limit to apply at any given time?
>
> --
Actuallt the US stock market is converting to decimal shortly - July 1 I
believe.
According to the reports I get, they say they are ready now.
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