Message 67539 - Python tracker

Message67539

Author	belopolsky
Recipients	belopolsky, pitrou, rhettinger
Date	2008-05-30.18:07:08
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In-reply-to	<1212169658.25.0.300440049705.issue3008@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org> wrote: .. > 2. if two numbers (one integer and one float) are equal, it sounds > expectable that calling a function on them will produce similar output > (or fail). .. While getting something like > '0b11.001001000011111101101010100010001000010110100011' while you were > waiting for '0b11' is disturbing. I fail to see how the proposed bin(..) can produce '0b11.00100..' from a float that compares equal to 3.

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On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Antoine Pitrou <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
..
> 2. if two numbers (one integer and one float) are equal, it sounds
> expectable that calling a function on them will produce similar output
> (or fail). .. While getting something like
> '0b11.001001000011111101101010100010001000010110100011' while you were
> waiting for '0b11' is disturbing.

I fail to see how the proposed bin(..) can produce '0b11.00100..' from
a float that compares equal to 3.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-05-30 18:07:20	belopolsky	set	spambayes_score: 0.546626 -> 0.5466256 recipients: + belopolsky, rhettinger, pitrou
2008-05-30 18:07:19	belopolsky	link	issue3008 messages
2008-05-30 18:07:09	belopolsky	create