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So it's 0.0 < 0.001 that fails. And specifically because "0.001" is being treated as exactly

Yes. Changing the print to: print 0.0, 0.001, 0.0 < 0.001, 0.0 == 0.001, 0.0 > 0.001 gives: 0.0 0.0 False True False In addition, a print of: print 0.0, 0.001, 0.0 < 0.001, 0.0 == 0.001, 0.1, 0.01, 0.0001 gives: 0.0 0.0 False True 0.0 0.0 0.0

Which locale was in effect? This is starting to get odd <wink>.

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