On 10 October 2013 18:48, Neil Cerutti <ne...@norwich.edu> wrote: > I guess the "if appropriate" part eluded my eye. When *is* it > appropriate? Apparently not during an equal test. > >>>> 5.0 == abs(3 + 4j) > False
If the above is genuine output then it's most likely floating point error. I wouldn't expect any errors in that though. What version of Python are you using and on what OS/hardware? I get the following in Python 2.7 and 3.2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with a 32-bit AMD processor: >>> 5.0 == abs(3+4j) True Oscar -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
