Hi Alastair,

As there is a business reason for this I'd consider writing a separate
function to do it for you. Maybe make it an extension method. If you want to
get crazy you could probably write a unit test to check for uses of
Math.Round(..) and fail.

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Alastair Waddell <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Does anybody know if it is possible to change the default behaviour of
> the math.round function.
>
> Out of the box is does this;
>
> Dim number = 98.5
> Dim RoundedNumber = Math.Round(number)
>
> RoundedNumber = 98
>
> What I want is to change the behaviour to
>
> Dim number = 98.5
> Dim RoundedNumber = Math.Round(number, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)
>
> RoundedNumber = 99
>
> I would like my developers to not have to think about adding the Mode.
>
>
> Now to save some of the arguments I KNOW we are going to have;
>
> Yes - We could have code reviews to highlight when it is incorrect
> Yes - FX Cop or similar
> Yes - There are probably different / better algorithms
> Yes - There are business reasons for this
>
>
> So
>
> My question is can we change the default behaviour from
> Math.Round(number, MidpointRounding.ToEven)
> To
> Math.Round(number, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero)
>
>
>
> Alastair
>
>
>
>
>
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