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[Python-Dev] Decimal <-> float comparisons in py3k.

[Python-Dev] Decimal <-> float comparisons in py3k. [Python-Dev] Decimal <-> float comparisons in py3k.Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Thu Mar 18 20:45:50 CET 2010
On 2010-03-18 13:27 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote:

> As any non-naïve float user is aware, the proper form of float
> comparisons is not to use < or > or == or !=, but rather, instead of
> using < (to follow along with your example), one should use:
>
> Decimal('1.1') - 2.2 < epsilon

Not at all. This is quite incorrect for most use cases. Fuzzy comparisons are 
sometimes useful for equality testing, but almost never for ordering.

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Robert Kern

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