> Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> > IMO, user input (or
> > the full numeric strings in a text data file) is sacred and presumably
> > done for a reason -- the explicitly requested digits should not be
> > throw-away without good reason.
>
> I still don't understand what's so special about the
> input
ld clarify my specification to make it clear that
preserving the value, if possible, is preferable to rounding --
any suggestions for wording?
Mike Cowlishaw
[I'll try and follow this thread in the mailing list for a while,
but I am flying to the USA on Monday so my e-mail access wi
