Bug in __imul__
Roman Suzi
rnd at onego.ru
Wed Jul 11 08:39:50 EDT 2001
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Emile van Sebille wrote:
> Does it bother anyone that
>
> a *= 3 + 4
>
> returns a different value from
>
> a = a * 3 + 4
>
> ??
There is a joke about americans:
they were confused that Excel give different result from
pocket calculator:
[5] [+] [3] [*] [4] [=]
| 32 |
is different from
5+3*4
| 17 |
as calculated by Excel.
Where is the bug?
Sincerely yours, Roman A.Suzi
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