Created on 2008-06-23 10:57 by hiweed, last changed 2008-06-23 11:02 by amaury.forgeotdarc. This issue is now closed.
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| msg68620 - (view) | Author: Hiweed (hiweed) | Date: 2008-06-23 10:57 | |
On IDLE 3.0b1 (Windows XP SP3): - type 2/5 you'll get 0.40000000000000002 instead of 0.4 - type 4/5 you'll get 0.80000000000000004 instead of 0.8 |
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| msg68621 - (view) | Author: Amaury Forgeot d'Arc (amaury.forgeotdarc) *  |
Date: 2008-06-23 11:02 | |
This is normal, and due to the floating point representation of numbers. Please see http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate |
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2008-06-23 11:02:08 | amaury.forgeotdarc | set | status: open -> closed resolution: not a bug messages: + msg68621 nosy: + amaury.forgeotdarc |
| 2008-06-23 10:57:35 | hiweed | create | |