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Author mark.dickinson
Recipients Ultrasick, mark.dickinson
Date 2009-01-31.14:12:36
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Message-id <1233411159.77.0.485887752138.issue5118@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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This is not a bug;  it's a consequence of the finite accuracy of floating-
point arithmetic.  If you look at the actual value that's stored for 
'2.545', you'll see that it's actually slightly less than 2.545, so 
rounding it down is the correct thing to do.

>>> 2.545
2.5449999999999999
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Date User Action Args
2009-01-31 14:12:39mark.dickinsonsetrecipients: + mark.dickinson, Ultrasick
2009-01-31 14:12:39mark.dickinsonsetmessageid: <1233411159.77.0.485887752138.issue5118@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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