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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-04-20 21:38:00 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-04-20 21:38:00 (GMT) |
| commit | c630039edd7526642ffdaeee3bfa81352b5c98ae (patch) | |
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r71772 | mark.dickinson | 2009-04-20 22:13:33 +0100 (Mon, 20 Apr 2009) | 5 lines
Issue #3166: Make long -> float (and int -> float) conversions
correctly rounded, using round-half-to-even. This ensures that the
value of float(n) doesn't depend on whether we're using 15-bit digits
or 30-bit digits for Python longs.
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 beta 1? Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #3166: Make long -> float (and int -> float) conversions + correctly rounded. + - Issue #1869 (and many duplicates): make round(x, n) correctly rounded for a float x, by using the decimal <-> binary conversions from Python/dtoa.c. As a consequence, (e.g.) round(x, 2) now |