Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> added the comment: I tried that, and it was more subtle than that in corner cases.
Another argument against it is that on Windows the system input routine doesn't correctly round unless 17 digits of precision are given. One of Tim Peters's responses should have evidence of that (or perhaps it was on a python-dev thread). _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1580> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com