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Author	r.david.murray
Recipients	bsidhom, r.david.murray
Date	2010-09-11.14:00:02
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Message-id	<1284213604.99.0.951397230743.issue9829@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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Please read about floating point arithmetic in the tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/floatingpoint.html Also observe that this works: >>> Fraction(Decimal('1.23')) Fraction(123, 100) So yes, it is a limitation in how floating point is represented...in all languages and platforms that use binary floating point.

Please read about floating point arithmetic in the tutorial:

   http://docs.python.org/tutorial/floatingpoint.html

Also observe that this works:

    >>> Fraction(Decimal('1.23'))
    Fraction(123, 100)

So yes, it is a limitation in how floating point is represented...in all languages and platforms that use binary floating point.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-09-11 14:00:05	r.david.murray	set	recipients: + r.david.murray, bsidhom
2010-09-11 14:00:04	r.david.murray	set	messageid: <1284213604.99.0.951397230743.issue9829@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-09-11 14:00:03	r.david.murray	link	issue9829 messages
2010-09-11 14:00:02	r.david.murray	create