[Python-ideas] Deprecate the round builtin

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Mark Dickinson wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Mike Graham <mikegraham at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The builtin round function is completely useless. I've never seen
>> anyone use it constructively
> 
> I disagree that it's *completely* useless:  the one-argument form
> (take a float, return the closest integer) is a fundamental and useful
> mathematics operation, just like floor and ceiling.  It would be crazy
> to get rid of that.  I could live with it moving from builtins into
> the math module, though.
> 
> Agreed that the two-argument form causes a lot of confusion, though.

It's actually quite common in finance and time calculations to
round to the nearest say basis point, cent or say micro second
in calculations (rather than just string formatting). round()
is perfect for that and easy to use.

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