[issue16609] float loses precision when passed to str()

2012-12-07 Thread Terry J. Reedy 

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[issue16609] float loses precision when passed to str()

2012-12-04 Thread Cal Leeming 

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[issue16609] float loses precision when passed to str()

2012-12-04 Thread Cal Leeming 

Cal Leeming added the comment:

Actually, you do have a good point, this should have been using 
random.getrandbits really.

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[issue16609] float loses precision when passed to str()

2012-12-04 Thread Antoine Pitrou 

Antoine Pitrou added the comment:

I agree with Mark here. This isn't specific to random.random() and it's already 
covered elsewhere in the documentation.

Furthermore, I don't know why you're using str() on random.random(). There are 
better ways to get random strings, such as random.getrandbits() or os.urandom().

Recommend closing.

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[issue16609] float loses precision when passed to str()

2012-12-04 Thread R. David Murray 

R. David Murray added the comment:

That's why I suggested a glossary entry.  The relevant function description 
*does* contain the phrase "floating point", so a glossary link there would be 
reasonably natural.

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[issue16609] float loses precision when passed to str()

2012-12-04 Thread Mark Dickinson 

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title: random.random() / float() loses precision when passed to str() -> float 
loses precision when passed to str()

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