[docs] bug in documentation
Georg Brandl
georg at python.org
Sun Oct 6 09:04:31 CEST 2013
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Am 18.09.2013 08:46, schrieb Rajesh Panigrahi:
> Hello Team, There need a small correction in documentation page for
>
> "14. Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations"
>
>
> Issue Description:- It has been written 0/2 + 0/4 + 1/8 = 0.001.
>
> Expected :- The mathematical calculation should be written as 0.125.
>
> Due to some problem i am not able to attach the screen shot.
Hi Rajesh,
the "0.001" here is a *binary* fraction, not a decimal fraction. (It is
stated in the next sentence that the two example fractions are of the
same value.) Therefore the documentation is correct.
cheers,
Georg
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