[Python-Dev] Rounding float to int directly (Re: struct module and coercing floats to integers)

[Simon Burton]

On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 07:21:02 -0400
"Chermside, Michael" <mchermside at ingdirect.com> wrote:

> 
> You wrote:
> > (ie. I am wondering if truncating the float representation
> > of an int always gives back the original int).
> 
> Yes it does, because all integers that can be expressed as floats
> can be expressed EXACTLY as floats.

Yes, OK this makes sense.

My point is that, regardless of this answer, as a python user I should not
be worried by such details. At least: the doc string for round() should be
expanded to mention the int(round(x)) use case.

Simon.

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