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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 5160e08..a287732 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -961,6 +961,13 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. The return value is an integer if called with one argument, otherwise of the same type as *x*. + .. note:: + + The behavior of :func:`round` for floats can be surprising: for example, + ``round(2.675, 2)`` gives ``2.67`` instead of the expected ``2.68``. + This is not a bug: it's a result of the fact that most decimal fractions + can't be represented exactly as a float. See :ref:`tut-fp-issues` for + more information. .. function:: set([iterable]) :noindex: |