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| author | Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-12-23 22:35:58 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-12-23 22:35:58 (GMT) |
| commit | 5d84966cce6c596da22922a07f49bde959ff5201 (patch) | |
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| parent | 1ecfd1ebf1f53ef6ac82085b25ed09952b470d4e (diff) | |
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GH-100425: Improve accuracy of builtin sum() for float inputs (GH-100426)
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst b/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst index e1cd7f9..cedade6 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/floatingpoint.rst @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ added onto a running total. That can make a difference in overall accuracy so that the errors do not accumulate to the point where they affect the final total: - >>> sum([0.1] * 10) == 1.0 + >>> 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 1.0 False >>> math.fsum([0.1] * 10) == 1.0 True |