Michael McLay <mclay@nist.gov> writes:
> On Monday 16 December 2002 01:48 am, Tim Peters wrote:
> > [Michael McLay]
> >
> > > ...
> > > The semantics of the precision parameter may be incorrect because
> > > it is only addressing the precision of the fraction part of the
> > > number.
> >
> > That's why the module was called FixedPoint.
>
> Fixing the decimal place would make sense for applications having to do with
> money. That is quite different than how numbers are treated in scientific
> calculations. That is were I borrowed the idea of significant digits.
> Accountants tend to think that all digits are significant, down to the last
> penny.
I'm a little confused; you're borrowing terms from scientific papers
to explain things to accountants?
[...]
> This is a very good long term goal. So for Python3k the standard numerical
> type will be Cowlishaw's decimal numbers.
*I* would hope not; there are reasons to prefer binary fp to decimal
fp if you're not a money man.
Cheers,
M.
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