[Numpy-discussion] round / set_printoptions discrepancy

[Philip Hodge]

On 9/13/19 7:23 AM, Andras Deak wrote:
> I just want to add that you can use literal 16.055 to reproduce this:
>>>> import numpy as np
>>>> np.set_printoptions(precision=2)
>>>> np.array([16.055]).round(2)
> array([16.06])
>>>> np.array([16.055])
> array([16.05])
>
> I would think it has to do with "round to nearest even":
>>>> np.array(16.055)
> array(16.05)
>>>> np.array(16.065)
> array(16.07)
>>>> np.array(16.065).round(2)
> 16.07
>
> But it's as if `round` rounded decimal digits upwards (16.055 ->
> 16.06, 16.065 -> 16.07), whereas the `repr` rounded to the nearest
> odd(!) digit (16.055 -> 16.05, 16.065 -> 16.07). Does this make any
> sense? I'm on numpy 1.17.2.
> (Scalars or 1-length 1d arrays don't seem to make a difference).
> Regards,
>
> András


Isn't that just for consistency with Python 3 round()?  I agree that the 
discrepancy with np.set_printoptions is not necessarily expected, except 
possibly for backwards compatibility.

Phil

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