Issue 14389: Mishandling of large numbers (original) (raw)

Issue14389

Created on 2012-03-22 15:37 by Practicing.Zazen, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg156576 - (view) Author: Practicing Zazen (Practicing.Zazen) Date: 2012-03-22 15:37
Please let me know if this is accepted behavior or not. >>> 99999*99999999999 9999899999900001 >>> 99999*99999999999+0.1 9999899999900000.0 >>> 99999*99999999999+1 9999899999900002
msg156579 - (view) Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-03-22 15:50
See http://docs.python.org/dev/faq/design.html#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate
msg156585 - (view) Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-03-22 16:10
You might want to take a look at the Decimal module.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:28 admin set github: 58597
2012-03-22 16:10:07 r.david.murray set nosy: + r.david.murraymessages: +
2012-03-22 16:08:59 r.david.murray set status: open -> closedresolution: not a bugstage: resolved
2012-03-22 15:50:40 pitrou set nosy: + pitroumessages: +
2012-03-22 15:37:16 Practicing.Zazen create