[Numpy-discussion] float16/32: wrong number of digits?

Eric Wieser wieser.eric+numpy at gmail.com
Mon Mar 13 07:57:48 EDT 2017


> `float(repr(a)) == a` is guaranteed for Python `float`

And `np.float16(repr(a)) == a` is guaranteed for `np.float16`(and the same
is true up to `float128`, which can be platform-dependent). Your code
doesn't work because you're deserializing to a higher precision format than
you serialized to.





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