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Author	mark.dickinson
Recipients	dingo, mark.dickinson
Date	2009-03-11.08:30:11
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Message-id	<1236760213.33.0.555435340514.issue5473@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I think this is the same issue as 1869, at least in broad terms: the rounding code involves inexact floating-point operations (in this case a division by 10.0), which can result in a value that was exactly halfway between two rounded values losing that exactness, so that the rounding direction is essentially random. Can you tell me why you think this issue is distinct from issue 1869?

I think this *is* the same issue as 1869, at least in broad terms:  the 
rounding code involves inexact floating-point operations (in this case a 
division by 10.0), which can result in a value that was *exactly* halfway 
between two rounded values losing that exactness, so that the rounding 
direction is essentially random.

Can you tell me why you think this issue is distinct from issue 1869?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-03-11 08:30:13	mark.dickinson	set	recipients: + mark.dickinson, dingo
2009-03-11 08:30:13	mark.dickinson	set	messageid: <1236760213.33.0.555435340514.issue5473@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2009-03-11 08:30:12	mark.dickinson	link	issue5473 messages
2009-03-11 08:30:11	mark.dickinson	create