!!! 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, PYTHON BUGS ????

David Lees debl2nonspammyyy at bellatlantic.net
Thu May 30 21:28:55 EDT 2002


I have not looked at the source, but it is pretty easy to truncate a few
decimal places and then suppress trailing zeros.

david lees

"David K. Trudgett" wrote:
> 
> On Friday 2002-05-31 at 10:18:34 +1000, Delaney, Timothy wrote:
> 
> > > I suppose arguments could be made on both sides...
> >
> > I would make a different argument ... that Python is not a "scripting"
> > language.
> 
> I suppose that's true: it's not *just* a scripting language. Neither
> is Perl for that matter.
> 
> In one way, I don't mind getting "correct" answers, but in another
> way, with my RAD hat on, I'd prefer not to have to worry too much
> about rounding errors and such. I don't know how Perl and Python 1.5.2
> manage their trickery, but I suppose it could raise its ugly head and
> bite you one day. :-)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> David Trudgett



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