On 2013-10-10, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
I get the same thing. I was apparently quite confused. -- Neil Cerutti -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
