[EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2008.02.13 15:13:20 -0800: > Not a bug. All languages implementing floating point numbers have the > same issue. Some just decide to hide it from you. Please read > http://docs.python.org/tut/node16.html and particularly > http://docs.python.org/tut/node16.html#SECTION0016100000000000000000 >
This is true. Fortunately Python does provide a module which allows you to work with exact floating point quantities. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-decimal.html Of course the downside is that these are not quite as fast as the built in float type, but probably good enough for most purposes. Preston -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
