Re: Measure class, precision, significant digits, and divmod()

2008-07-15 Thread Ethan Furman
Ken Starks wrote: Ethan Furman wrote: Hey all. As I have mentioned before, I am making this Measure class for two reasons: experience with unit testing, I like playing with numbers, I am unaware of anything like this having yet been done (okay, three reasons ;). Any and all fee

Re: Measure class, precision, significant digits, and divmod()

2008-07-15 Thread Ken Starks
Ethan Furman wrote: Hey all. As I have mentioned before, I am making this Measure class for two reasons: experience with unit testing, I like playing with numbers, I am unaware of anything like this having yet been done (okay, three reasons ;). Any and all feedback welcome, particu

Measure class, precision, significant digits, and divmod()

2008-07-15 Thread Ethan Furman
Hey all. My thanks to all who have responded so far with my other questions. It is much appreciated. Some background on what I'm doing (a good explanation can be found at http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/phys8.htm): When measuring, there is some uncertainty as to the *exact*