[New-bugs-announce] [issue1559] round() does not

[travelgirl]

New submission from travelgirl:

http://docs.python.org/tut/node5.html states, as an example, round(_, 2)
should round to the second decimal place.  makes sense.  when i
attempted it with different numbers, round() returned what looks like a
binary-coded decimal error (see the jpg enclosed), and did not return
just two digits, but 15 digits.  the same error was produced for
round(_, 3).  when the number was changed to 1 digit, the return result
rounded from another direction.

i'd guess this isn't a feature :)

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components: Windows
files: python bug.jpg
messages: 58225
nosy: travelgirl
severity: normal
status: open
title: round() does not
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file8882/python bug.jpg

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