problem with the 'math' module in 2.5?

[Ben Finney]

"Paddy" <paddy3118 at netscape.net> writes:

> Ben Finney wrote:
> > Your calculator is probably doing rounding without you asking for
> > it.
> >
> > Python refuses to guess what you want, and gives you the
> > information available.
>
> I don't think Python should take too much credit here.

I don't understand what you could mean by this. Credit for "giv[ing]
you the information available"? That's exactly what it's doing.

> Floating point calcuations are subject to rounding. Sometimes it
> shows.

And Python is showing it, rather than hiding it. It certainly isn't
doing any rounding unless asked to do so.

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