Raymond Hettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: None of these calculations are going to work out exactly. Look-up "what every computer scientist needs to know about floating point" and see the floating-point appendix in the Python tutorial. In this case, the difference is only one bit in the last place:
>>> 0.70710678118654746.hex() '0x1.6a09e667f3bccp-1' >>> 0.70710678118654757.hex() '0x1.6a09e667f3bcdp-1' ---------- nosy: +rhettinger resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4155> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
