[Python-ideas] PEP 485: A Function for testing approximate equality

Chris Barker chris.barker at noaa.gov
Fri Jan 23 18:27:23 CET 2015


On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Indeed that is the idea (though there are plenty of specialists using
> numpy as well ;-) )
>

uhm, non-specialists, that is.

In fact, the one in numpy is more susceptible to miss-use. On the other
hand, it's there, and it's useful, and works most of the time.

-Chris


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