2011/6/12 Brett Ritter <swift...@swiftone.org> > > Okay fine, so "1024" stored as a number only requires 10 bits (binary > digits) to store,
Actually, 11. :-) Another point that was still not emphasized enough: that's why Python's documentation at http://docs.python.org/dev/library/stdtypes.html#mapping-types-dict says: "Note however, that since computers store floating-point numbers as approximations it is usually unwise to use them as dictionary keys."
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