Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: Thanks for the report!
What's the underlying hardware on your machine? Here's a Python 2.6 interpreter session on my machine (OS X 10.5/Intel). Would it be possible for you to execute the same commands on your machine and tell me what you get? Python 2.6.2 (r262:71600, Jun 17 2009, 09:08:27) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5490)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from sys import float_info >>> float_info sys.floatinfo(max=1.7976931348623157e+308, max_exp=1024, max_10_exp=308, min=2.2250738585072014e-308, min_exp=-1021, min_10_exp=-307, dig=15, mant_dig=53, epsilon=2.2204460492503131e-16, radix=2, rounds=1) >>> from pickle import dumps, loads >>> x = 7e-308 >>> x 7.0000000000000004e-308 >>> p = [dumps(x, proto) for proto in range(3)] >>> p ['F7.0000000000000004e-308\n.', 'G\x00)*\xee\xa4Z\xae\xe0.', '\x80\x02G\x00)*\xee\xa4Z\xae\xe0.'] >>> up = [loads(z) for z in p] >>> up [7.0000000000000004e-308, 7.0000000000000004e-308, 7.0000000000000004e- 308] ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6646> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
