[Python-Dev] math.areclose ...? (original) (raw)

Marek "Baczek" Baczyński imbaczek at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 22:48:31 CET 2006

2006/2/6, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net>:

The original Numeric definition is likely to be better for people who know what they're doing; however, I still question whether it is an appropriate remedy for the beginner issue of why 1.1 + 1.1 + 1.1 doesn't equal 3.3.

Beginners won't know about math.areclose anyway (and if they will, they won't use it, thinking "why bother?"), and having a standard, well-behaved and correct version of a useful function can't hurt.

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