On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 01:08 +1000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: [...] > > * Use the decimal module instead of floats. You still have finite precision, > but you can choose how many *decimal* places to store instead of having a > fixed number of *binary* places. (But decimal is much slower.)
Alternatively use http://packages.python.org/bigfloat/ or possibly http://code.google.com/p/mpmath/ > > By the way, the code that you sent is unreadable. Please make sure that you > send plain text email, and that indentation is not lost. Without indentation, > it is impossible to understand your code. Indeed. The lack of indentation was a barrier to contemplating looking at the code. Especially since indentation is meaningful in Python! -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.win...@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: rus...@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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