Rounding Bug in Python 2.0! - ugh
Moshe Zadka
moshez at math.huji.ac.il
Wed Nov 1 13:00:15 EST 2000
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Pete Forman wrote:
> The criteria that I'm looking to satisfy are:
>
> 1) Round trip - reading a written number should give the same result
> 2) Write the minimum number of digits - drop trailing zeros/nines
Unfortunately, it's not well defined if you won't cross-computer
round-trip. And you better believe that it's needed -- if you write out
your data file, you might want to read it on a computer in your home too.
life-just-sucks-ly y'rs, Z.
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