[Python-Dev] Python's C interface for types

[Nick Maclaren]

Giovanni Bajo <rasky at develer.com> wrote:
>
> I personally consider *very* important that hash(5.0) == hash(5) (and
> that 5.0 == 5, of course).

It gets a bit problematic with floating-point, when you can have
different values "exactly 5.0" and "approximately 5.0".  IEEE 754
has signed zeroes.  And so it goes.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
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