On 07/11/2016 04:47 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
Ethan Furman wrote:
I will readily admit to not having a maths degree, and so of course to
me saying the integer 123 has a precision of 5, 10, or 99 digits seems
like hogwash to me.
Seems to me insisting that the number after the dot be
called "precision" in all cases is imposing a foolish
consistency.
That isn't what I said.
To my way of thinking, the format string just lets you
specify up to two numbers, the interpretation or which
is up to to format concerned.
Agreed.
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