Smith wrote: > The problem with areclose(), however, is that it > only solves one part of the problem that needs to be solved > if two fp's *are* going to be compared: if you are going to > check if a < b you would need to do something like > > not areclose(a,b) and a < b
No, no, no. If your algorithm is well-designed, it won't matter which way the comparison goes if a and b are that close. In any case, the idea behind nice() is fundamentally doomed. IT CANNOT WORK, because the numbers it's returning are still binary, not decimal. Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
