Mark Dickinson <dicki...@gmail.com> added the comment: Perfect! Applied in r81020.
You're correct that n/10**6 and n/1e6 aren't the same thing, at least for n large enough: Python 2.7b2+ (trunk:81019:81020, May 9 2010, 10:33:17) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5659)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from __future__ import division [35402 refs] >>> (2**53+1)/10**6 9007199254.740993 [35404 refs] >>> (2**53+1)/1e6 9007199254.740992 [35404 refs] In the second case, 2**53+1 first gets converted to a float, and then the division is performed, so there are two points at which a rounding error can be introduced. The first case only involves one rounding error. ---------- resolution: accepted -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8644> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
