[Python-Dev] Re: PEP239 (Rational Numbers) Reference Implementation and new issues

Andrew Koenig ark@research.att.com
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 23:14:12 -0400 (EDT)


>> So I'm suggesting that maybe it won't get bad as quickly if
>> you keep only the significant bits :-)

Christian> Yes. And this is what a rounding to float would do for you.

Except that doing so would throw away some significant bits too.