[Python-Dev] math.areclose ...?

[Marek "Baczek" Baczyński]

2006/2/6, Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at verizon.net>:
> The original Numeric definition is likely to be better for people who know
> what they're doing; however, I still question whether it is an appropriate
> remedy for the beginner issue
>  of why 1.1 + 1.1 + 1.1 doesn't equal 3.3.

Beginners won't know about math.areclose anyway (and if they will,
they won't use it, thinking "why bother?"), and having a standard,
well-behaved and *correct* version of a useful function can't hurt.

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