[issue28717] rounding error in % operator

2016-11-16 Thread William McIlhagga
William McIlhagga added the comment: Thanks, maybe I should get off my ass and contribute to the documentation then ... On 16 November 2016 at 22:30, Mark Dickinson wrote: > > Mark Dickinson added the comment: > > > Is this behaviour documented? Or are you just expected to kno

[issue28717] rounding error in % operator

2016-11-16 Thread William McIlhagga
William McIlhagga added the comment: OK, not wrong, just unexpected. Is this behaviour documented? Or are you just expected to know what C does? On 16 November 2016 at 21:37, Mark Dickinson wrote: > > Mark Dickinson added the comment: > > You don't say why you think this b

[issue28717] rounding error in % operator

2016-11-16 Thread William McIlhagga
New submission from William McIlhagga: '%.1f' % 0.25 yields the string '0.2' '%.1f' % 0.75 yields the string '0.8' This is wrong. -- messages: 280984 nosy: William McIlhagga priority: normal severity: normal status: open