[Spambayes-checkins] spambayes/Outlook2000/dialogs AsyncDialog.py, 1.5, 1.6

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Tue Jul 22 12:05:29 EDT 2003


> Modified Files:
> 	AsyncDialog.py
> Log Message:
> %g is pretty useless - use %r instead.

Alas, it won't help much.  %g would have displayed any difference from 1.0
up to the sixth significant digit:

>>> "%g" % 1.000001  # difference in 7th digit suppressed
'1'
>>> "%g" % 1.00001   # difference in 6th digit survives
'1.00001'
>>>

So if %g displayed "1", the true number is certainly less than 0.001 away
from 1.0.

%r will tell us more, of course, but I'm afraid it will only tell us there
are more zeroes at the end.

So I remain baffled.  Maybe abs() is broken on the OP's box?!  "<"?  The
mind boggles.




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