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| author | Julien Palard <julien@palard.fr> | 2022-02-06 12:44:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-02-06 12:44:04 (GMT) |
| commit | fa90e48c53384889d28f171170ab79d777d46949 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ed1435d5910c3213f234a97c5cc6e81691736fb /Doc/tutorial | |
| parent | 54842e4311bb0e34012d1984b42eab41eeeaea6a (diff) | |
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[doc] Enhance readability by avoiding big blocks for small numbers. (GH-31157)
Initially reported by Gregory Jacob on the docs@ mailing list:
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/docs@python.org/thread/VPSFGLOZOHSPF7TGPOI65AOH25TCPSVR/
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst b/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst index 7212b40..e1cd7f9 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst @@ -12,15 +12,9 @@ Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations Floating-point numbers are represented in computer hardware as base 2 (binary) -fractions. For example, the decimal fraction :: - - 0.125 - -has value 1/10 + 2/100 + 5/1000, and in the same way the binary fraction :: - - 0.001 - -has value 0/2 + 0/4 + 1/8. These two fractions have identical values, the only +fractions. For example, the **decimal** fraction ``0.125`` +has value 1/10 + 2/100 + 5/1000, and in the same way the **binary** fraction ``0.001`` +has value 0/2 + 0/4 + 1/8. These two fractions have identical values, the only real difference being that the first is written in base 10 fractional notation, and the second in base 2. |