[issue14389] Mishandling of large numbers

2012-03-22 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: You might want to take a look at the Decimal module. -- nosy: +r.david.murray ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue14389] Mishandling of large numbers

2012-03-22 Thread R. David Murray
Changes by R. David Murray : -- resolution: -> invalid stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue14389] Mishandling of large numbers

2012-03-22 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: See http://docs.python.org/dev/faq/design.html#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue14389] Mishandling of large numbers

2012-03-22 Thread Practicing Zazen
New submission from Practicing Zazen : Please let me know if this is accepted behavior or not. >>> 9*999 8991 >>> 9*999+0.1 8990.0 >>> 9*999+1 8992 -- messages: 156576 nosy: Practicing.Zazen priority: normal severit