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Wed Sep 14 10:42:11 EDT 2005 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-September/301001.html

On 2005-09-14, Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> Antoon Pardon wrote:

>> 0.0225 isn't representable and it happens that the actual number
>> you get differ. Now which number python should choose when it is
>> fed 0.0225, I don't know. But expressing the different behaviour
>> as a change in round, suggest that the O.P. would be wise to
>> learn about floating point problems
>
> Uhh, Python didn't change anything between 2.3 and 2.4 wrt round().

That's what Antoon Pardon just said. The above paragraph says
that round() didn't change, and the fact that the OP thinks it
did indicates that the OP needs to learn more about FP.

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round() wrong in Python 2.4?