Created on 2011-04-08 00:17 by Lane.Stevens, last changed 2011-04-08 00:23 by ezio.melotti. This issue is now closed.
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| msg133279 - (view) | Author: Lane Stevens (Lane.Stevens) | Date: 2011-04-08 00:17 | |
I have two systems running
python-2.6.4-27.fc13.x86_64
and
python-2.6.4-27.fc13.i686
respectively. Given the following statement the 64-bit version returns False and the 32-bit version returns True.
Decimal('1.0') > 0.0
Decimal('1.0') > 0 returns True on both systems.
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| msg133281 - (view) | Author: Ezio Melotti (ezio.melotti) *  |
Date: 2011-04-08 00:23 | |
I think that's "normal", the 2.7 doc[0] says: """ Changed in version 2.7: A comparison between a float instance x and a Decimal instance y now returns a result based on the values of x and y. In earlier versions x < y returned the same (arbitrary) result for any Decimal instance x and any float instance y. """ This means that in Python 2.6 a comparison between Decimal and float is a meaningless operation that might return arbitrary values. [0]: http://docs.python.org/library/decimal.html#decimal.Decimal |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2011-04-08 00:23:00 | ezio.melotti | set | status: open -> closed nosy: + mark.dickinson, ezio.melotti messages: + msg133281 resolution: invalid stage: committed/rejected |
| 2011-04-08 00:17:23 | Lane.Stevens | create | |