This math scares me

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:11:53 +0100, Werner Schiendl <ws-news at gmx.at> pisze:

> 15 to 16 digits are the precision double values will provide. So
> rounding to 15 digits will normally display the value you have
> entered. There is however no guarantee that your value is displayed
> exactly.

That's why I am asking for not fixing the number of digits but having
this functionality:

    def most_useful_str_or_repr_variant(x):
        s = str(x)
        if float(s) == x: return s
        return repr(x)

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